INTRODUCTION:
Tom and Kay Cook have 2 Home Pages, numbered 1 & 2. This is #1. Here are the results of our research over 10 years into our ancestors in the names Cogger, Govey, Cook, Truran, Foote, Couch and Richards from England, Ferguson from Scotland, Diehl, Meyers, Rapp and Wolfwolf from Germany, Cavalier from France via England, Hamilton from Ireland.

Just click on any of the tree titles and the family chart will appear. Double click on any individual to get his or her details. To find a particular individual, click anywhere on the chart and type F on the keyboard to 'Find' that individual.

The list of family members and other researchers who have helped is too long to detail here. We are grateful to all.

IMPORTANT: Any family member who prefers that information relating to themselves or their immediate family should not be included in this tree should contact us. Those details will be removed immediately.

Please also let us know if there are errors or omissions, or about new events, so that these trees can be kept up-to-date.

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THE CONNECTIONS:

FERGUSON - Kay's father was Jock Ferguson. The line goes back to 1800 in Greenock, Scotland. SEE FERGUSON PHOTOS BELOW.
HAMILTON - Jock's mother was Isabella Henderson Hamilton. Back to 1807 in Donegal, Ireland. SEE HAMILTON PHOTOS BELOW.
WILKIE - Her mother was Janet Wilkie. Back to about 1665 in Fifeshire, Scotland. SEE WILKIE PHOTOS BELOW.
RICHARDS - Jock's father John Ferguson married Flora Richards after Isabella died. Back to 1590 in St Agnes, Cornwall. SEE RICHARDS PHOTOS BELOW (with Ferguson).

GOVEY/COGGER - Kay's grandmother was Sybil Cogger. She married Charles Govey. The Cogger line goes back to 1708 in East Farleigh, Kent. SEE GOVEY/COGGER PHOTOS BELOW.
DIEHL - Sybil's grandmother was Emilie Friedriche Diehl. Back to 1530 in Esslingen, Germany. SEE DIEHL PHOTOS BELOW.
RAPP - Emilie's mother was Johanna Catharina Rapp. Back to about 1690 in Nussdorf, Germany.
WOLFWOLF - Johanna's grandmother was Dorothea WolfWolf. Back to 1670 in Stetten im Remstal, Germany.
CAVALIER - Sybil Cogger's mother was Evelyn Sophia Cavalier. The Cavalier line goes back to 1570 in Normandy, France. In conjunction with Buzz Cavalier were are currently adapting it to this FTM format. It will be posted to this home page as soon as possible.

COOK - Tom's line. It goes back to about 1708 in London and to the 1500's in County Durham via the names Stafford, Carter, Brough, Shaw, Wallis and Callander. SEE COOK PHOTOS BELOW.
TRURAN - Tom's father's mother was Bessie Truran. Back to 1492 in Madron, Cornwall. SEE TRURAN PHOTOS BELOW.
MEYERS/COOK/THORPE - Tom's great grandmother was Louisa Meyers who married FRANCIS COOK. Meyers line back to about 1800 in Germany. Her second marriage was to FRANCIS THORPE. SEE THORPE PHOTOS BELOW. SEE THORPE OUTLINE DESCENDANT TREE ON HOME PAGE # 2 - CLICK "RELATED LINKS" BELOW.
FOOTE - Tom's mother was Doris Foote. Back to 1670 in Bere Ferrers, Devon. SEE FOOTE PHOTOS BELOW.
COUCH - Doris's gr gr grandmother was Ann Couch. Back to 1716 in North Hill, Cornwall. SEE COUCH PHOTOS WITH FOOTE COLLECTION BELOW.

FOR TREES & PHOTOS OF OUR CHILDREN'S IN-LAWS, VISIT OUR HOME PAGE # 2 - CLICK ON "RELATED LINKS" BELOW. THE NAMES:
ROSE - Tom and Kay's daughter Megan married Gary Rose. The line goes back to about 1730 in Hampshire, England.
LESLIE - Gary's mother is Judith neé Leslie. Back to 1687 in Fyvie, Aberdeenshire.
CHANTLER - Tom and Kay's son Murray married Susan Chantler. Back to about 1725 in Manchester.
CLARKSON - Sue's mother is Margaret neé Clarkson. Back to 1751 in Douglas, Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Also, for McKINNA tree and photos - Kay's mother Meg married Archibald McKinna. Back to Patrick McKin

• TRURAN - history back to 1492 in Madron, Cornwall (80 KB)
  The Truran line in Cornwall and their Australian descendants. Special thanks to Shirley O' Malveney of Sanctuary Point, NSW, for her Truran research back to 1492 and to Lambert Truran of Perth.
• Hamilton, Moore bc 1807 Donegal, Ireland. (63 KB)
  The family of Moore Hamilton in Ireland and his descendants in Ireland, the US and Australia. Special thanks to Stewart Hamilton of Carnshannagh, Donegal, Ireland.
• Wilkie of Fifeshire & Skipton, Victoria. (27 KB)
  The Wilkies of Leslie and Kinglassie, Fifeshire, and their descendant families in Australia. Special thanks to Betty Jameison for research data.
• Couch, Richard b c 1716, Cornwall (32 KB)
  Pedigree of Richard Couch of 'Bladder Cottage', North Hill, Cornwall, and his Australian descendants.
• FERGUSON - HANNAH - STEWART - GILLIES - HAMILTON (122 KB)
  Australian descendants of John Ferguson (prob b Glasgow 1799) and his wife Mary (prob Mary Stewart, married Greenock Aug 24 1825), together with the HANNAH, STEWART, GILLIES, HAMILTON and WILKIE branches.
• FOOTE - COUCH - VIGARS - from Devon & Cornwall (46 KB)
  Thomas Foote born 1670 in Devon, his family in Bere Ferrers and New Quay, their Couch and Vigars connections in Cornwall & Devon and Australian descendants. Special thanks to researchers Betty Farrell in Cornwall, Lauren Thomson in Melbourne & Helen Burns in Queensland.
• DIEHL, CARL b Rottweil 1811. (65 KB)
  His German ancestors & Australian and NZ descendants. Special thanks to Max Diehl of Timaru, NZ and to professional researcher Friedrich Wolmershauser of Herrengasse 8-10, 89610 Oberdischingen, Germany.
• CAVALIER - French Huguenot silk weavers from 1560 (457 KB)
  John Cavalier, a publican in Elizabeth St, Melbourne married Sophia Fletcher (who had arrived from England with 298 other single girls in 1861) at St James Cathedral in 1862. (SEE FLETCHER TREE). Six Cavalier generations before, John's ancestor Jacques Cavelier, a linen weaver, had escaped the persecution of Protestants in France, arriving in East London in August 1681, some 4 years before the Revocation of the Edict of Nantes that intensified the persecution. His wife Marie De Luc arrived in October 1681. This remarkable family history - researched over 12 years by Buzz McCarthy Cavalier, Tom and Kay Cook and many other Cavalier descendants - traces the Cavaliers from Jacques' grandfather Jean, born about 1560 in Gruchet, Normandy, to the present day.
• FLETCHER - REEVES - LEITCH - SWINTON – SKEEN (163 KB)
  Scottish & English ancestors and Australian descendants of (Ann) Sophia Fletcher, daughter of British Army paymaster/sergeant William Fletcher & Mary Anne Reeves (m'd Cawnpore, India Nov 5 1826), and wife of John Cavalier. Sophia's daughter Evelyn Sophia Cavalier married Thomas Cogger on Mt Macedon April 13, 1891.
• FRANCIS THOMAS COOK bap 1780 St Sepulchre, London (256 KB)
  Possible London ancestors and Australian descendants of Francis Thomas Cook, baptd St Sepulchre, London, April 23, 1780, and his son James Syble Cook , bc 1822, London. Also, their ancestors in County Durham in the names STAFFORD, CARTER, BROUGH & SHAW. Special thanks to researcher Sue McBeth of Hampton whose investigations uncovered the birth of James Syble Cook's son, our ancestor, Francis Charles Cook, b 5.11.1849 - and to Fay Waterhouse, researcher, of Fareham, Hampshire, who found Ann Cook (neé Cockton), wife of James Syble Cook, in the Shoreditch Workhouse in Sept 1852, and uncovered her sad story.
• COGGER FAMILY - 1690 - 2008 (239 KB)
  The ancestors in Kent and London of Charles Cogger, who we believe came to Melbourne in 1853 as Charles COGGAN, and his descendants in Australia. Special thanks to Toppy McKee, the late Ray Doherty, the late Ena and Tim Cogger, Ann James neé Cogger, Sally Edsall and Melva James for information and photos.

• FOOTE - Bladder Cottage, North Hill, Cornwall. (10 KB)
  Tom and Dorrie Cook and family visit Mr Eric Holder, present owner of Blader Cottage, previously known as 'Bladder'. It was the home of the Dorrie's Couch family ancestors for generations. Ann Couch, who married William Foot in North Hill 18.10.1836 was described as "Ann Couch of Bladder". When her great-grandfather Richard Couch married in 1746 he was "Richard Couch of Bladder Cottage". The cottage acquired its name because pork bladders were sold from the adjacent farm. Eric Holder explained that the previous owner, 'a lady from up-country', changed the name from Bladder to Blader.
• FOOTE - Doris Cook at Blader Cottage, North Hill. (8 KB)
  Generations of Doris's Couch ancestors lived at Blader Cottage, on Waycross, North Hill, Cornwall.
• COOK, Megan marries Gary Rose, 25.4.1993. (9 KB)
  Megan marries Gary Rose, son of old friends of Tom and Kay's, Noel Rose and Judy (neé Leslie). SEE ROSE & LESLIE TREES. They now have a son, Justin Leslie Rose, b 24.8.1995. L to R: Chris Cook, Kay, Gary Rose, Megan, Tom, Sue and Murray Cook.
• FOOTE - Mary Tavy church and the Tickells. (12 KB)
  Mary Tavy Church. Eliza Harriet Tickel who married Barton Foote in Wandiligong 25.12.1884 was born at Mary Tavy, near Tavistock, Devon 21.2.1864. Her father John Hingston Tickell was the local blacksmith.
• COOK, Tom and Kay (neé Govey). Family historians. (8 KB)
  Tom and Kay Cook will celebrate 45 years married on July 14, 2001. With help from MANY relatives - far too many to name - they have co-ordinated the family history research behind these trees.
• FOOTE - Grave of Susannah Vigars, Mrs John Tickell (8 KB)
  Bright Cemetery, Victoria: At the grave of Susanna Tickell (neé Vigars), wife of John Hingston Tickell, died Wandiligong 17.10.1881 - R to L - Tom Cook, his wife Doris (neé Foote ), great grand daughter of Susanna, and Tom Cook jnr(Susanna’s gr gr grandson).
• COOK, Tom Cook snr's 90th birthday, 22.6.1998. (9 KB)
  Back row: Tom with Megan’s son Justin Rose, Don Osborn and wife Fay (neé Cook). Middle: Kay Cook with Murray’s son Andrew, Tom snr on his 90th birthday, Rochelle Osborn. Front: Megan Rose (neé Cook), Cate (neé Osborn), Murray’s wife Sue Cook (neé Chantler).
• FOOTE - 'Inclined Plane' at New Quay. (12 KB)
  1983: The ‘Inclined Plane’ at New Quay that brought the copper ore down from the Tavistock mines to New Quay wharf and loaded on barges on the Tamar for shipment to Plymouth. The ore was then re-shipped to South Wales for processing.
• COOK, Fay,her husband Don Osborn, Cate & Rochelle. (10 KB)
  The Osborn family, at Tom Cook snr's 90th birthday, 22.6.1998. Standing, Cate (married Steve Redston 12.9.1998), seated, Fay, Rochelle (married Greg Watt 21.11.1998), Fay's husband Don Osborn.
• FOOTE - Alby and Doris, with Bobby and Betty. (10 KB)
  Albert Robert Foote, born North Melbourne 1.3.1916, son of Barton John Thomas John Foote (Jack) and Louisa (neé Villarreal), and his wife Doris May (neé Ardley), born Carlton 11.1.1920, with children Robert John Foote, born 31.10.1935 and Betty May Foote, born Carlton 2.3.1940.
• COOK - at the Northam grave of Charles James Cook. (14 KB)
  1997: Tom Cook snr and Tom jnr visit the grave in Northam (Salvation Army section) of Charles James Cook who died at 'Carry on' farm, Irishtown, Northam, WA, 20.2.1920.
• FOOTE - 'Gran' - Louisa Foote, neé Villarreal. (10 KB)
  Louisa Foote (neé Villarreal), 'Gran', born Kelvin Place, Cardigan St, Carlton 28.12.1887, married Barton John Thomas Foote (Jack) at West Melbourne 9.5.1907. They had 3 sons and 3 daughters. Jack - 'Pop', died at home at 42 McKean St, North Fitzroy 30.7.1962 and Gran died at Preston 19.12.1970. Both are buried in the Methodist E section, grave 4492 at Fawkner.
• COOK, Bessie - her grave at Guildford, Perth. (14 KB)
  Bessie Cook’s grave at Guildford, Perth. Located East side of Kalamunda Rd approx 50 m from first entrance. The grave and headstone were provided by her descendants. Her daughter Rose Eunice Jean Cook, died 24.11.1911 aged 6 months, is buried with her.
• FOOTE - Doris Foote and her father Jack. (12 KB)
  On her wedding day, 23.12.1933, Doris Foote and her father Jack. She married Tom Cook (snr) whom she met in about 1926 at the Joyce and Howe boot factory in North Fitzroy where they both worked.
• COOK, Arthur - Bunbury, WA, 1972. (8 KB)
  Charles Cook's youngest son Arthur, photographed at his home in Bunbury, WA, in 1972. He died two years later. Arthur was cremated at Fremantle.
• DIEHL - Mill interior, before the 60's renovation. (9 KB)
  The grafitti on the post sets the time - Paul, John, George, Ringo. The renovations undertaken by Bernard Esquilant and William Menlove were about to start, because 'The Mill House Restaurant & Motel' was opened by them on July 8, 1970.
• FOOTE - Doris Foote and her brothers (12 KB)
  Doris and her brothers Alby and Horace, known as Mick.
• COOK, Tom snr visits Dorothy Cook in Bunbury, 1998 (10 KB)
  Tom Cook snr visits his sister in law, Dorothy Cook (neé Turner) in Bunbury, WA, 3.10.1998. Dorothy is the widow of Tom's late brother Arthur.
• FOOTE - Doris & brothers Alby and Horace (Mick) (10 KB)
  23.12.1933: Doris Foote, born 16 Kipling St, North Melbourne 9.11.1910, marries Thomas Israel Cook, born Walkaway, near Geraldton, Western Australia 22.6.1908.
• COOK, Arthur marries Dorothy Turner, 14.9.1940. (7 KB)
  Midland, 1940: Arthur Cook marries Dorothy Turner. They had three children, Wyndham Truran, Murray Francis and Pamela Ellen Cook.
• DIEHL - Like a Phoenix from the ashes... (13 KB)
  The mill stood unoccupied for several years until it was acquired by John Hutton and David Hewton who undertook renovation. In February 1902 it was bought by the Phoenix Biscuit Company of Dunedin who operated there until 1939. After that, Mr Charlie Morris, former manager for Phoenix kept the mill going for the production of poultry feed, but in 1958 the mill and adjoining land totalling 31 acres was sold to the Boy Scouts Association. Mr Morris continued to occupy the manager's cottage until 1969 when it was bought by Bernard Esquilant and William Menlove who undertook the radical conversion to a restaurant and accommodation. The new 'Mill House Restaurant' was opened July 8, 1970. It has since been renovated again and is operated by Alan and Joy McQueen who have been very helpful in providing valuable information and photographs for this family history.
• COOK, Jack and Pearl, Mandurah, 1993. (8 KB)
  Byron John Cook, known as Jack, son of Francis Charles Cook and Lottie, with his wife Linda Pearl (neé Shepherd), known as Pearl, with Tom Cook snr and his daughter-in-law Kay Cook, Tom jnr's wife.
• DIEHL - Mill House Restaurant, possibly c 1970. (8 KB)
  The Mill House, probably soon after it was opened by Messrs Esquilant and Menlove on July 8, 1970.
• DIEHL - Grave of Carl jnr's daughters. (11 KB)
  Three daughters of Carl Friedrich August Diehl and his wife Ellen neé Dear are buried in this grave in Oamaru cemetery. They are: Ellen May Diehl (known as Nellie) b 6.5.1875, d 23.5.1959; Johanna Rapp Diehl (Jean) b 1.12.1877, d 26.4.1963; Louisa Christobel Diehl (Louie) b 7.1.1881, d 23.9.1972. The grave is located at Block 57, Plot 21A, near the corner of Greta and Perth Sts.
• DIEHL - Nellie - Ellen May Diehl, 1875 - 1959. (10 KB)
  Nellie Diehl, eldest daughter of Carl and Ellen Diehl, was a piano and singing teacher in Reed St, Oamaru. Photo kindly supplied by Kathleen Stringer, North Otago Museum, Oamaru.
• DIEHL - Grave of Carl jnr and his wife Ellen. (15 KB)
  Carl Friedrich August Diehl, eldest son of Carl and Johanna, died 23.2.1929, aged 92. He is buried at Oamaru with his wife Ellen neé Dear who died 9.5.1934, and two sons who died young, Richard Edward b 1874, d 1875, and Carl Wilhelm b 26.1.1879, d 5.3.1888, aged 9. Grave site is Block 44, Plots 3 & 4.
• COGGER/CAVALIER - Father & son at Gallipoli, 1915. (39 KB)
  At the marriage of Evelyn Cavalier to Tom Cogger in 1891 (see wedding photo) the bride was given away by her brother Ernest Sydney Cavalier. Here he is, 24 years later, at the age of 48, in the trenches at Gallipoli with his son Ronald Ernest Cavalier. That's son Ron in front and father Sydney with the beard and pipe rear left. How unusual is this - father and son at Gallipoli together? And how amazing that they both survived. We are extremely grateful to have learned of this from Peter Griffin of Cheltenham, Melbourne, whose father was a mate of Ron's - or 'Cav' as he was known - during WWI. Sydney was a member of the 22nd Battalion, a Victorian Infantry unit in the 2nd Australian Division. His son was a member of the 2nd Field Artillery Battery, rising to the rank of WO1, and went on to serve in WWII as well, as a motor mechanic in the 102nd General Transport Company. This photo can be seen on the Australian War Memorial Photographic Database at http://www.awm.gov.au/database/photo.asp Once on the web-site, go to 'Advanced Search' and key in the neg. no. C00667. It can also be ordered on-line. Ron Cavalier's war service makes impressive reading. Here is an extract from Mr David Horner's book about the FAB, 'The Gunners' in which he relates an incident in the Battle of Ypres: 'the going was extremely hard in the mud and the shell holes' and the unit was 'under intense shell fire'. Battery Sgt Major Norman Ellsworth lost both legs, one just below the hip and the other at the knee, and 'the No. 1 gun sergeant, Ron Cavalier, sprung off his horse and went to Ellsworth's help and was calmly told "Don't worry about me Ronnie, get your gun into action." Sgt Major Ellsworth died shortly after.'
• COGGER - Tom, Victorian Mounted Rifles uniform. (14 KB)
  Tom Cogger, 1864 - 1936, eldest son of Charles and Emilie Cogger. We know little about this pic which was kindly supplied by Ray Doherty from his late mother Dulce's photos. A note on the back says the uniform is of the Mounted Rifles which was a voluntary unit operating in the late 19th century.
• FOOTE - Tom on New Quay wharf, 1990. (8 KB)
  Contemplating life 150 years ago at New Quay, Tom Cook jnr visits the village of his Foote ancestors.
• FOOTE - Alby and Mick Foote in Palestine, WWII. (13 KB)
  Alby - Albert Robert Foote, and his brother Mick - Horace John William Foote, sons of Jack Foote, on WWII service in Palestine, November 2, 1941.
• COOK, Jean, at Cookernup, WA, 1997. (8 KB)
  Cookernup 1997: L to R - Tom Cook jnr, Dawn Cook (Tim's wife) and her grand-daughter Emma, Jean Cook, widow of Jim Cook, Tom snr and Tim Cook, son of Jean and Jim. Tom snr and Tim are holding the Railman’s ‘Lunch box’ that Charles Cook brought with him on the train from Victoria. Jean died 5.4.2001 in Pinjarra Hospital, WA. She was buried with Jim at Karrakatta cemetery.
• FOOTE - Dolly, Tom and Doris. (8 KB)
  Daphne Victoria Louisa La Villerale Foote, left, known as Dolly, and her sister Doris, right, with Doris's husband Tom.
• COOK, Alice marries George Goodwin, 17.2.1951. (7 KB)
  Alice Cook and George Goodwin had three daughters, Barbara b 11.9.1952 (married Barry Maher 3.8.1974), Lorraine b 8.5.1955 and Janine b 12.1.1962 (married Damien Milano 9.2.1991). George died 22.3.1990.
• FOOTE - 'Gran' - Louisa, wife of Jack Foote (8 KB)
  Louisa Foote, born Kelvin Place, Cardigan St, Carlton 28.12.1887, daughter of William Wood and Jane Ann neé Preston who did not marry until 13.8.1900, 13 years after Louisa was born. Jane's first husband was Juan Villarreal Y Flores, a cook, the son of a Spanish sea captain, and was born at Malaga, Spain in 1833. Jane had 'taken up' with William Wood who lived down the street and Louisa was their child, but Jane could not marry William until Juan died, which he did on 17.4.1897 at the Melbourne Benevolent Asylum. Jane and Juan did have one child, Anna, born 21.12.1884. Nothing is known of her.
• COOK, Charles - from Flanders Field, 25.3.1918. (14 KB)
  Some thoughts from Flanders Field, written on two note book pages by Charles James Cook, commences "It is six years today since I followed My Dear Wife to Her Last resting Place. And as I sit in my Dug-out on the battle field at Belgium and ponder over my passed life my mind like a flash of lightning goes over the seas to the Sunny Shores of Australia. When I had my Dear Wife and children by my side and a home with a family altar. How we would sing and kneel and pray together morning noon and night that the Great God of all would guide and lead us alright. For some reason we cannot tell. But in his wisdom he saw fit to suddenly let the death angel take from our side our Dear Mother and Wife and as my mind flashes over the seas me thinks I see the Grave where her and her baby lays. And we that she has left behind are scattered about like the broad cast seed. I on the battle-fields of Belgium, Frank on the battle-fields of France, Louisa in Servance in Perth, Archie in Servance at Midland Junction, George in Collingwood Victoria, Ellen in the girls Home Collie W.A.,Tommie and Arthur in No. 2 Boys Home Collie."
• FOOTE - Doris, aged 23, in 1933. (13 KB)
  Doris Foote, snapped in the city of Melbourne, 1933. She married Tom Cook on December 23 that year.
• COOK - at Rochelle Osborn's wedding, 21.11.1998. (11 KB)
  Rochelle Osborn married Greg Watt 21.11.1998. Descendants of TOM COOK and Doris Foote, and their spouses - Descendants in CAPS - L to R: Back - MURRAY COOK, Gary Rose, CATE REDSTON, Don Osborn, Steve Redston, Kay Cook, CHRIS COOK, TOM COOK jnr. Front - Sue Cook, MEGAN COOK, FAY OSBORN, TOM COOK snr.
• Tom COOK snr & his daughter Fay Louise Cook, c1943 (16 KB)
  Probably about 1943, Tom Cook and his daughter Fay Louise, photographed opposite their home at 100A Ballantyne St, Thornbury, Melbourne, seen just over Tom's right shoulder.
• COGGER, Charles - patriarch of Victorian Coggers. (7 KB)
  Charles Cogger was baptized at St Andrew by the Wardrobe, London, 29.5.1833, the last child of Thomas Cogger and Eleanor (Harper). He married Emilie Friedriche Diehl (SEE DIEHL TREE) at All Saints, St Kilda, Melbourne 20.8.1863. They had 10 children between 1864 and 1880 and lived at 'The Laurels' on Mt Macedon which Charles built about 1864. He was a prominent citizen in the Shire of Gisborne and a council member for many years. He died 26.8.1915 and was buried at Macedon cemetery. These photographs relate mainly to the family and descendants of his eldest son Thomas Cogger, born in Brighton 29.6.1864.
• FOOTE - Doris Cook (neé Foote) and family c 1944. (11 KB)
  Tom and Dorrie, Tom jnr and Fay, about 1944.
• COGGER ROOTS - in East Farleigh, Kent (14 KB)
  Our earliest known Cogger, Edward, married in this church in 1704. His son Edward married in nearby Shorne in 1727.
• FOOTE - At Catherine Osborn's christening (13 KB)
  May 7, 1966 - Catherine Osborn’s Christening at Thomastown: L to R - Don Osborn, Tom Cook jnr, George Goodwin, Tom Cook snr Front: Murray (8 that day) and Chris Cook (9½).
• COGGER - possible origin of the name. (6 KB)
  Medieval Latin for boat was COGA or COGO. Also, in Old French, COQUE meant 'small boat'. The illustration shows the Northern European 13th century COG. So a COGGER was probably a sailor, or Master of a cog.
• COGGER/GOVEY - Sybil operated the Redesdale P.O. (16 KB)
  After the Kelly's left the Redesdale Post Office in 1941 Sybil Govey neé Cogger was recruited "to mind it until they find someone". She retired from the Post Office 26 years later when the post office was moved to Willing's Store. Apart from being the postmistress, her duties included: plane spotting during the war (in which her two sons were killed), Commonwealth Bank manager, rainfall reporter, regional switch board operator (8am - 10 pm daily, Sat 8am - 1pm, Sun 9 - 10am ... but no-one took notice of the hours), bush fire or flood co-ordinator, sometime Parole Officer for local intransigents, etc. And a few other things - bush nurse (she was especially good on ear aches and convulsions), held meat and ice for people after it was delivered by the mailman (one of whom was Fred Taylor), made soup for the kids at the school over the road, and heated their pies, minded babies when the parents went to Kyneton, milked her own cows and fed the chooks, quite apart from the housework, remembering that there was no electricity until the late 1950's. (1950's photo by Leigh Strawhorn of Barfold, notes by Kay Cook neé Govey)
• FOOTE - Four generations, Thomastown, 1966. (16 KB)
  At Catherine Osborn's Christening, 7.5.1966: L to R: Tom Cook jnr, his mother Doris Cook (neé Foote), her neice Alice Goodwin (neé Cook)and her daughter Barbara Goodwin, Doris’s mother Louisa Foote. Front: Chris and Murray Cook, Janine (hidden) and Lorraine Goodwin, Rochelle Osborn (4½), Megan Cook (4).
• COGGER & St Andrew by the Wardrobe (18 KB)
  Charles Cogger was baptized at St Andrews by the Wardrobe 29.5.1833 as were 3 sisters and 2 brothers. The church takes its name from being near the former King's wardrobe or warehouse. Charles' father Thomas was a mystery. In researching Cogger family history we were intrigued that it appeared that two Thomas Coggers had fathered large families in London at around the same time, the early 1800’s. Research in 1997 revealed it was the same man, Thomas Cogger born 17.3.1772, baptized at Christ Church Spitalfields 5.4.1772. His first family was with Elizabeth 1796 - 1816, the second with Eleanor Harper - 1816 - 1830. The baptism of the last child of the first family - 8.9.1816 - was after the birth of the first child of the second marriage - 17.5.1816.
• COGGER/GOVEY - The Redesdale Pub c 1950. (10 KB)
  This photo kindly supplied by Leigh Strawhorn of Barfold will gladen - or saden - the hearts of old Redesdale-ites. Redesdale was a 'Richmond pub' and the beer poured by Frank Took during the War, and then Harry May in the 50's, was nectar topped with cream. The original weatherboard pub was built in 1855 and rebuilt in bluestone in 1876. It's still there, and operating again after a long lay-off. But the Richmond beer has long gone. As in most small places the pub was the focal point of the Redesdale community, and the source of many a tale.
• FOOTE - Tom and Dorrie's family, 1963. (13 KB)
  Southern Cross Hotel, 15.3.1963: L to R - Kay Cook, Don and Fay Osborn, Tom and Dorrie Cook, Tom Cook jnr.
• COGGER - Chas, Wagonette proprietor, Mt Macedon (15 KB)
  Charles Cogger's coaches and wagonettes met trains at Mt Macedon and Gisborne railway stations and transported them to guesthouses up the Mount. The business was established in 1876. His second son Charles Diehl Cogger - born 8.3.1866 - later became involved in the business.
• COOK - c 1926 Tom Cook, Doris Foote, Joyce & Howe (23 KB)
  Tom Cook and Doris Foote met about 1926 in the North Fitzroy boot factory of Joyce and Howe Pty Ltd. She was a machinist and he worked in the 'making room'. They courted for just 6 months but reunited in early 1933, marrying on December 23 that year.
• COGGER - Thomas marries Evelyn Cavalier, 1891 (19 KB)
  Reception at Government Cottage, Mt Macedon, 13.4.1891, following the wedding of Thomas Cogger and Evelyn Sophia Cavalier : L to R - Back row - Mr (Herbert?) Fleming, groomsman; Sophia Cavalier, bride’s mother; Charles Cogger, groom’s father; Emilie Frederika (Diehl) Cogger, groom’s mother. Middle row - Miss Greenwell, bridesmaid; THOMAS COGGER, groom, Ernest Cavalier, best man (bride’s brother); EVELYN CAVALIER, bride; Miss Campie, bridesmaid; James Redhead, groomsman; Front - Anna Cogger, R. Campie, jnr bridesmaids.
• COOK - Tom Cook snr - April 1999. (15 KB)
  A good snap. Tom jnr took the photo, Don and Fay held the reflector boards, and Kay directed. No wonder he is smiling.
• COOK - Tom Cook snr on the stitcher, c 1953. (19 KB)
  At the boot factory in High St. Preston, Tom operates the stitcher. He was apprenticed as a stitcher operator June 21, 1927.
• COOK - Pitt St shop opens - Tom snr, Murray, Tom. (17 KB)
  November 22, 1998. The day after Tom snr's grand-daughter Rochelle Osborn's marriage to Greg Watt. Tom snr, Murray and Tom jnr visit the new shop in Pitt St, Sydney.
• COOK - Archie Cook & wife Polly Bacon neé Weaire (7 KB)
  Archibald Redwith Cook, b Walkaway, WA, 19.2.1900, married Mary Ann Bacon neé Weaire - known as Polly - in Perth 1921. Polly had been born in Brighton, Sussex, and married John Bacon 4.11.1895. He died 21.11.1919 and is buried at Palmerston Nth, as is Polly. They had 8 children: Irene b Perth 21 or 31.8.1896 (married Mr Eaton); Alice (May) b Perth 7.8.1898 (married Mr Crombie); John (George) b Perth 2.11.1900 (married Laura); Mary Ann b Perth 23.1.1904 (married Mr Liggins); Daisy b Perth 3.3.1907 (married Mr Overall); Olive b Perth 26.2.1910 (married Mr Spiers); Gladys Dorothy b NZ 3.11.1912 (married Mr Leete); Frederick (Noel) b NZ 25.12.1917.
• COOK/ROSE- Tom & Noel at Northcote High School. (57 KB)
  Noel Rose, on right, inside doorway, and Tom Cook, on right, seated, in the 1951 Northcote High School tennis team. 42 years later Noel's son Gary married Tom's daughter Megan. Tom and Noel maintain that it was all planned on the bottom tennis court at NHS.
• COOK - Archie's wife Polly's family in NZ. (16 KB)
  Archie Cook married Polly Bacon in Perth 1921. These are some of her children from her previous marriage to John Bacon in 1895. R to L - Standing - Daisy b 3.3.1907; Glad b NZ 3.11.1912; George (John) b 2.11.1900; Seated - Lottie (Frank Cook's widow, visiting from Western Australia); Frederick (Noel) b NZ 25.12.1917; Nin. It was Nin's 92nd birthday, but the connection is not known. This photo kindly supplied by Lottie's son Jack Cook from Mandurah, WA.
• FERGUSON/HAMILTON/WILKIE - Andrew & Isabella (13 KB)
  In Skipton cemetery, the imposing headstone of Andrew Wilkie, 1818 - 1903, and his first wife Isabella neé Henderson, 1820 - 1893. Andrew and Isabella married at Kinglassie Presbyterian, Fife, 12.6.1845. They had 10 children, including Kay's great grandmother Janet Wilkie, born 15.8.1845, who married Moore Hamilton (SEE HAMILTON TREE) at her father's property Skipton Park 21.9.1868.
• FERGUSON/HAMILTON/WILKIE: Auchterderran church. (# KB)
  Plaque at Auchterderran Church, Kinglassie, Fife. Many Wilkies were baptised here, including Andrew Wilkie's father David, on 6.8.1796. LIFE IN 19TH CENTURY FIFESHIRE: The marriage of David Wilkie and Mary Fernie was proclaimed at Abbotshall, Fifeshire, November 10, 1815. Abbotshall is on the Firth of Forth in the district of Kirkcaldy, Fife. It contained the village of Chapel and Abbotshall itself, which comprised of Linktown and Newtown. Abbotshall is now known as Linktown. Lewis’s Directory of Scotland (1846) names the main crops as wheat, barley, oats, potatoes and turnips, with peas, beans and other greens. Sheep were mostly Cheviots with a few black cattle and a mixture of Fife, Angus and other breeds. Limestone was quarried in Chapel for farming and other uses. Coal had been mined there but by 1846 the mines had not worked for some years. The chief manufacture was the weaving of ticking with some 5000 looms in the district. A steam-powered factory made linen sheeting, another made sail canvas and there was a bleachfield. The parish contained several water-driven mills for barley-meal and flour, and one for flint grinding. There was a pottery for brown earthenware and local clay was used in the brick and tile kilns. In 1846 coal-gas works were set up to light the towns of Linktown and Newtown. David Wilkie was a Ploughman/ Agricultural labourer working on local farms and Mary Fernie’s father was a labourer in linen production. He worked at Prinlaw’s Bleachfield in Leslie in the 1790’s and in the same industry in Abbotshall when David’s youngest child David was born in 1804. David Snr contracted jaundice while he was working as a farm labourer at Skeddoway and died on July 18, 1848 at the age of 52. His widow Mary was living at Little Skeddoway, Thornton, Dysart for the 1851 Census - she had taken in 2 boarders. Mary died there aged 76 in January, 1871. NOTES BY BETTY JAMIESON.
• FERGUSON/HAMILTON/WILKIE: Andrew Wilkie. (9 KB)
  Andrew Wilkie and members of his family were Skipton identities. We quote from the excellent book, "The History of Skipton" 1839 - 1939, by G C Notman. Published by the Skipton Progress Association in 1978 this book contains many mentions of members of the Wilkie family: 1. Page 25: The Spring Hill Community (5 miles east of Skipton) - Men who first selected blocks there .... 31 names, including David and John Wilkie (Andrew Snr’s sons, both born Fife. 2. Page 49: Photos of local identities, including Andrew Wilkie (Snr). 3. Page 55: In 1876 Andrew Wilkie (Snr) was a signatory to a petition seeking severance from the Hampden Shire. 4. Page 72: A list of the Foundation Scholars of the Common School, 1864, includes 2 of Andrew’s children, Andrew (b 1855) and Isabella (b 1857). 5. Pages 83/84: On Active Service during WW1, list includes G M Wilkie - Andrew Jnr’s son, Gordon Menzie Wilkie b1889. 6. Page 90: First Committee of the Skipton Old Boys and Girls Association includes A Wilkie Jnr. Also, the most important prize for footrunning at the School, the Wilkie Cup, kindly donated by Mr Alex. Wilkie, himself a well known runner of the early days. 7. Page 101: Worshipfull Masters of the Masonic Lodge - 1921 A. Wilkie - probably David Stewart Wilkie’s son Andrew, a carpenter/builder, born 1875. 8. Page 102: Prominent members of Minstrel Shows at the start of the 20th Century - includes Andrew Wilkie (Which one?) 9. Page 106: Football Premiership Team of 1908 includes H Bolte (later Victorian Premier) and W Wilkie (probably David Stewart Wilkie’s son William Stewart Wilkie, b1880). 10. Page 107: Players who have given long and valuable service to Skipton Football Team include R Wilkie (?David Stewart Wilkie’s son Roderick Leslie Wilkie, b1897). 11. Page 110: Secretaries of the Skipton Angling Club - includes A Wilkie.
• FOOTE - Fay Cook, winner, Song and Dance. (10 KB)
  Dancing Competitions, Fitzroy Town hall, about 1948. Winner, Song and Dance, with 'Peggy O'Neil', Fay Cook, daughter of Tom Cook and Doris (neé Foote).
• FERGUSON/HAMILTON/WILKIE: Clyde Co. Papers. (1 KB)
  Clyde Company Papers: Official letter containing Andrew Wilkie’s request for his brother James Fernie Wilkie to be brought to Victoria - and to bring a gun. HOW THE WILKIES CAME TO PT PHILLIP: Andrew Wilkie, the eldest son of David Wilkie and Mary Fernie, married Isabella Henderson at the Kinglassie Presbyterian Church at Auchterderran on June 12, 1845. Their first child Janet was born August 15, 1845 at Auchterderran. David Stewart Wilkie was born Kinglassie 1.1.1848 and John born at Kinghorn 1.12.1850. In 1851 the Colony of Port Phillip was suffering from a serious shortage of farm labourers because men were leaving their jobs and heading for the goldfields. Sheep station owners of the colony’s Western District, many of them Scots, looked to their homeland for labourers willing to emigrate. The Clyde Company, one of the largest landholders, was mainly controlled by wealthy Scottish merchants. Their manager was George Russell who was born at Cluny in Fife. His brother John Russell of Kirkcaldy was Government Emigration Officer for Fifeshire in 1851 and he engaged men from the district to work for the Clyde Company in the colony. Andrew Wilkie was one of the labourers engaged by the Clyde Company. With his wife Isabella and three children - Janet 6, David 3, and John 1 - they sailed on the ship “Mangerton” which arrived at Point Henry, Geelong on June 5, 1852. The passenger list shows that Andrew and Isabella could read and write, and that they had £8 in paper money. The voyage took 105 days, beginning with very bad weather forcing the ship to put into Greenock, leaving there on February 21, 1852. Andrew appears to have worked at the Upper Station, Leigh River until March 1854, and possibly at the Golfhill Station until August 1855 before becoming Overseer at Langi Willi Station, Skipton. In 1853 at Upper Station Andrew arranged the Clyde Co. to have his brother James migrate. NOTES BY BETTY JAMIES
• FOOTE - Doris Cook (neé Foote), 1993. (7 KB)
  10.5.1993: At Fay and Don Osborn's house in Belrose, Sydney, Doris Cook, centre, one month before she died, 13.6.1993. L to R: Back row - Don Osborn, his daughter Rochelle, Kay Cook, Fay Osborn. Front: Tom Cook snr and Dorrie.
• COGGER - Evelyn Sophia Cavalier, Tom Cogger's wife (13 KB)
  Evelyn Sophia Cavalier, 1871 - 1940, daughter of John Cavalier and Sophia (Fletcher),wife of Thomas Cogger, mother of Sybil, Carl, Ernest, Maud, Henry, Marjorie, Dulie, Bert, Laurie and Bernie Cogger.
• FERGUSON/HAMILTON/WILKIE:Skipton School. (9 KB)
  Skipton's first Common school, opened 1864. Two of Andrew Wilkie's children, Andrew and Isabella, were foundation scholars.
• FOOTE - Mick (Horace), during WWII. (6 KB)
  Mick Foote, second from right, during WWII, probably in Syria. Born Horace John William Foote 18.3.1913, he was the second son of Jack and Louisa Foote.
• COGGER - Charles, Gisborne signatory in 1901. (28 KB)
  From page 6 of 'Pictorial Gisborne, A Journey Through Time' published May, 2001 by the Gisborne and Mount Macedon Districts Historical Society Inc, edited by Phyllis & Ian Boyd. To celebrate Federation in 1901 all Victorian Municipalities presented a 'Combined Address' to the Duke of Cornwall and York, and the First Governor General of Australia, the Earl of Hopetoun. This is part of the Gisborne presentation. Concillor Charles Cogger was a signatory (bottom left). The original is on display at the Gisborne Historical Society in the old Gisborne Courthouse (open Wednesdays).
• FERGUSON/HAMILTON/WILKIE: Skipton's first church. (6 KB)
  Scot's first church, Scots Church, built 1857. Picture from 'Out of the Past' by G C Notman. Many Wilkies were baptized, married or buried from here.
• FOOTE - At home c 1952 - 7 Bird Ave, Thornbury . (9 KB)
  Tom and Dorrie Cook bought 7 Bird Ave, Thornbury, in 1952. FX Holden in drive registered WV262. Dorrie on left, next lady??, then Fay, Tom (snr) with hose.
• COGGER COACH SERVICES, Macedon and Gisborne (13 KB)
  Their advertisement told the story: "Under Vice Regal Patronage - CHARLES COGGER Mount Macedon, Coach and Waggonette Proprietor, established 35 years. Picnics and Driving Parties arranged for. Coaches meet all trains. Waggonettes always on hire. Full information given to Tourists requiring accommodation. Furnished cottages to let. Note the address: CHARLES COGGER, Upper Macedon.
• FERGUSON/HAMILTON/WILKIE: First Students. (10 KB)
  Andrew and Isabella Wilkie's children Andrew b 1855 and Isabella b 1857 were Foundation Scholars at the new Skipton Common School opened in 1864. See top right corner.
• FOOTE - Descendants of Tom Cook & Doris Foote. (22 KB)
  At Mona Vale Headland, on the occasion of Rochelle Osborn's marriage to Greg Watt, 21.11.1998, descendants of Tom Cook and Doris Foote, and their spouses - Descendants in CAPS - L to R: Back - MURRAY COOK, Gary Rose, CATE REDSTON, Don Osborn, Steve Redston, Kay Cook, CHRIS COOK, TOM COOK jnr. Front - Sue Cook, MEGAN COOK, FAY OSBORN, Tom Cook snr.
• COGGER - The Laurels, Mt Macedon, c 1910. (15 KB)
  At “The Laurels”, Mt Macedon, probably about 1910: Man seated on lower step, possibly Charles Cogger; Lady on right, probably his daughter Anna - “Auntie Annie”. Man above possibly Charles’ son Charles Diehl Cogger. Charles Cogger built "The Laurels" in the mid 1860's.
• FERGUSON/HAMILTON: At Drumanael farm, Donegal. (10 KB)
  Hamlton descendant Kay Cook with the present owner of Drumanael in Donegal, Seamus McColgan, holding the original assignment from Mary Jane Hamilton to her son William Long Hamilton in 1898. SEE CLOSE UP.
• FOOTE - DORIS, 1910 - 1993. (8 KB)
  Doris Cook (neé Foote), born 9.11.1910 at 16 Kipling St, North Melbourne, second daughter of Jack (Barton John Thomas) and Louisa Foote (neé Villarreal). Married Tom Cook at Brunswick St. Fitzroy Methodist Church 23.12.1933. Tom and Doris had 2 children, Thomas Charles b Carlton 11.7.1935, Fay Louise b Carlton 14.3.1939. Doris died at Mona Vale Hospital, Sydney, 13.6.1993.
• COGGER - grave of Charles (d 1915), Emilie (d1905) (15 KB)
  Many Coggers are buried at the Macedon Cemetery, including Charles Cogger and his wife Emelie Frederica (neé Diehl).
• FERGUSON/HAMILTON: 1898 Assignment of Drumanael. (13 KB)
  The Assignment of Drumanael Farm from Mary Jane Hamilton, widow of Moore Hamilton, to her son William Long Hamilton. It is dated April 3, 1898, signed by Mary and witnessed by Robert Stewart (probably William's brother in law) and David Cowan, Iskaheen. William re-assigned the property on Lough Foyle to William McColgan in 1908. SEE PHOTO.
• COGGER - Government Cottage, Mt Macedon (8 KB)
  The Reception following the wedding of Thomas Cogger, son of Charles Cogger, to Evelyn Sophia Cavalier was held at Government Cottage, Mt Macedon, where, during the 1890's, Evelyn's mother Sophia Cavalier was the Housekeeper and Evelyn worked as a domestic. The following is part of the report on the Wedding Reception that appeared in the Gisborne newspaper: "A wedding party was held by Mrs. Cavalier, which was held in the large hall of Government Cottage. His Excellency having conveyed, through his secretary, his kind permission, and expressed a hope that all would enjoy themselves heartily. Dancing, singing, games of all kinds, succeeded one another in quick succession, and were entered into with a spirit that was evidence of the enjoyment of the guests. Mrs. Cavalier proved a kind and attentive hostess, continually active in promoting the comfort and pleasure of her guests. Supper was partaken of shortly after eleven, the company sitting down to repast at which substantials and delicacies to suit all tastes were abundantly provided. A short toast list, the speeches brief and to the point, as they should be, was got through, after which dancing and other amusements were again in vogue till about four in the morning, when the company dispersed, tired doubtless, but happy in having spent a very enjoyable time in celebration of the nuptuals of their young friends."
• FOOTE - Doris Cook at John Tickell's forge. (21 KB)
  1984: At the site of the Blacksmith’s Forge operated at Mary Tavy by John Hingston Tickell. He married Susanna Vigars in Tavistock 3.7.1852. Their daughter Eliza Harriet Tickell married Barton John Thomas Foote snr - they were Doris Foote’s grandparents. Eliza was known as Grandma TICKLE, a common spelling of the name.
• COGGER - Church of the Good Shepherd, Mt Macedon. (13 KB)
  Charles Cogger helped fund the building of the church where his eldest son Tom married Evelyn Cavalier, 1891. Here is part of the report on the wedding that appeared in the Gisborne paper:The pretty church was tastefully decorated by the Misses Smart, Campey, and other young ladies, assisted by Mr. Clyne. The altar rails were wreatherd with flowers, ferns, and evergreens. Two hearts, worked in flowers and joined by a ring, were hung over the altar. The initials (E.C and T.C.) of the bride and bridegroom, worked also in flowers, occupied a space on the right and left of the chancel windows. At the entrance door of the church a floral bell was hung, under which the bridal party passed on entering and leaving the sacred edifice. The ceremony was performed by the Rev. J. Poole, vicar of Gisborne, his first celebration of such an office in Macedon. At the conclusion of the service the rev. gentleman gave an appropriate address to the newly united couple. The bride looked dainty and charming in a white mouselin costume, with veil and wreath of orange blossoms. The bridesmaids, Misses Campey and Greenwell, in white and pale blue costumes, Miss A. Cogger and Miss R. Campey, in white, looked becomingly pretty. The bride was given away by her brother, and the bridegroom supported by Messrs. Fleming and Redhead.
• FERGUSON/HAMILTON: 1908 Assignment to McColgans. (12 KB)
  November 4, 1908, William Long Hamilton assigned the family property Drumanael to William McColgan, grandfather of the present owner Seamus McColgan. The Assignment is signed by William Long Hamilton and William McColgan.
• TRURAN - Charles and Catherine (neé Messer) (11 KB)
  Photo taken at Redruth, Cornwall, thought to be Charles Truran and his wife Catherine (neé Messer), grandparents of Bessie Cook (neé Truran). Child or grandchild not known. Charles was baptized at Gwenap, Cornwall, 3.10.1819, son of Thomas and Elizabeth (neé Axford). He married Catherine Messer at Kea, Cornwall, 3.9.1843. They had 5 sons and 4 daughters, including Thomas, our ancestor, born 21.9.1845 at Chacewater, Cornwall. Charles died 6.1.1897 at Chacewater. Catherine died 1.9.1901 at Chacewater. Both are buried there, according to the records, in grave G3. Let us know if anyone finds the grave. The churchyard is a jungle, and many graves are broken and overgrown.
• COGGER - Charles Diehl Cogger's children. (13 KB)
  Charles Cogger's second son Charles Diehl Cogger’s children: L to R - Clara (Toots) b.1895; Charles Christian b. 1891; Thomas b. 1893; Front: Ernest b. 1896.
• TRURAN - Origin of the name, TREWREN, Cornwall. (11 KB)
  ORIGIN OF THE NAME “TRURAN”. Meaning: “The dwelling by the marsh" It comes from the tiny hamlet now called “Trewern” outside Madron, near Penzance, Cornwall. First recorded 1291 A.D. - then spelled Treyhouren, later Treyouwarn, then Trewrennen. Photo: Tom Cook, grandson of Bessie Cook (neé Truran), at Lower Trewren farm.
• COGGER - Sybil and her first child Marjorie Evelyn (7 KB)
  Sybil Cogger's daughter Marjorie Evelyn Govey, known as 'Meg', was born 28.12.1914 in Castlemaine. Her father was believed to be a young WWI soldier identified simply as "George Smith from Beechworth" (see photo under COGGER - George Smith). Little is know about George Smith. After Meg had died in 1976, Dulcie Doherty (neé Cogger), Sybil's younger sister, identified the photo of him in WWI uniform as "George Smith from Beechworth", adding that he came to Macedon and proposed to Sybil Cogger in 1914 but she declined him. We know he survived WWI because he kept in touch with Dulcie for information about Meg's well-being. The few George Smiths born in Beechworth have been checked out without finding a prospect who was available (ie unmarried in 1914) and who survived the war. The photo has been published in various genealogical society magazines including the GSV and the AIGS, and copies have been sent to the Alpine Family History Group (Bright area), the Wodonga Family History Society, and to the Ovens and Murray Advertiser, Beechworth office, as well as the Burke Museum, Beechworth. We need a breakthrough. Anyone reading this who knows of a George Smith who served in WWI and who was connected with Beechworth in any way and at any time, please tell us. Note: it was possible that George was his middle name.
• COGGER - "George Smith " - see Sybil Cogger pic. (6 KB)
  The WWI soldier, believed to be named 'GEORGE SMITH FROM BEECHWORTH' who, according to the late Dulcie Cogger, was the father of Meg Govey, Sybil Cogger's first child, born 28.12.1914. Does anyone recognize the photo, or know of a George Smith who was associated with Beechworth and who served in and survived WWI?
• FERGUSON/HAMILTON: Drumanael Farm, Donegal. (8 KB)
  Drumanael farm, near Muff, in Donegal. EARLY HISTORY: MOORE HAMILTON, his wife MARY ANN (NEé Long) and their family occupied 2 houses and farmland at Drumanael, Eskaheen (now called Iskaheen, 3 miles NW of Muff) in the Parish of Muff, Barony of Innishowen West, Co Donegal. The original farmhouse appears in the 1831 Ordinance Survey of Donegal. Their son MOORE (2), one of 6 or possibly 7 children who came to Australia, was born in 1842. The grandfathers of the present occupants Seamus and Patricia McColgan built a new house on the same site when the property was assigned to William McColgan in 1908. Foundations of what is thought to have been an early Presbyterian Meeting House can be seen near the house. The second house which is nearby is similar. It appears in the 1904 Ordinance Survey and until his death in early 1997 was occupied by a relative of Seamus’s, Peter Joe McColgan. Peter Joe told researcher Ted Hynd in 1996 that he believed a MOORE HAMILTON had been born in that house. This is likely to be MOORE (1)’s grandson, born 1876, son of WILLIAM. Both houses are on the side of Iskaheen Hill, with a total of 70 acres overlooking Lough Foyle.
• FERGUSON/HAMILTON: On the road to Drumanael. (9 KB)
  Take the Muff road to the former Hamilton property, Drumanael.
• TRURAN - Madron Well, near Trewren, Cornwall. (16 KB)
  The famous Madron Well is close to the ancient Madron chapel. Legend has it that if you dip a piece of clothing belonging to an ailing friend or relative in water from the well and leave it hanging on a nearby tree, then their health will be restored.
• FERGUSON/HAMILTON: Another former Hamilton house. (12 KB)
  This house, which is just down the lane from the farm Drumanael, was owned by the late Peter Joe McColgan, a relative of Seamus at Drumanael. It is believed that Moore Hamilton's grandson Moore Hamilton was born in this house.
• COGGER - Sybil, far right - Woodend Rifle Club (15 KB)
  About 1910, and thought to be the Woodend Rifle Club. Sybil Cogger, daughter of Tom and Evelyn, is on the far right, middle row.
• FERGUSON/HAMILTON: McColgan family, Drumanael. (10 KB)
  Kay with the McColgans. Far left, William McColgan, whose father William was assigned the farm by Mary Jane Hamilton in 1908; on his left against the wall, his son Seamus McColgan. Seamus's wife Patricia is next to Kay, with her daughter next to her. The other girls are cousins. Kay and Tom arrived at 4pm for afternoon tea which was all ready for them. Kay apologized for being a little late, because when they arrived Seamus was getting the cows in for milking. Patricia replied "Oh, no, that's fine. We were just hoping you didn't arrive when 'Neighbours' was On."
• TRURAN - Tom - Sth Polglooth mine, Lwr Sticker. (6 KB)
  Tom Truran, Bessie’s father, worked as a tin miner, probably at this Sth Polglooth Mine, close to Lower Sticker, near St Austell, Cornwall.
• COGGER - Emile Ernest, died WWI, Aldershot, Surrey (9 KB)
  Tom and Evelyn Cogger's second son was born Macedon 10.10.1895, died in Aldershot, Surrey, military hospital 22.7.1916. Service Record: School teacher. Enlisted 7.8.1915 Broadmeadows, aged 19 y 10 mth, Private 3783.Embarked ‘Orana’ for Alexandria 21.3.1916. Arrived Marseilles 27.3.1916. Hospital Etaples, France 31.3.1916 - scabies. To duty Camiers 7.4.1916. Joined 9/23rd Battalion 15.6.1916. 7th Field Hospital Boulogne 9.7.1916 - septic hand and tonsilitis. Evacuated to England on ‘Cambria’ 13.7.1916. Transfered from Frensham Hill, Surrey, hospital 22.7.1916 to Connaught Hospital Aldershot 22.7.1916. Died suddenly 22.7.1916. Buried C of E Aldershot grave 2004, transfered to Brookwood Military Cemetery. SEE PHOTO "COGGER - Emile Ernest's grave, Brookwood, Surrey".
• FERGUSON/HAMILTON: Overlooking Lough Foyle. (8 KB)
  The former Hamilton property Drumanael overlooks Lough Foyle. In the distance is Londonderry.
• TRURAN - Lwr Sticker - Bessie Truran's birthplace. (7 KB)
  Lower Sticker, St Ewe parish, near St Austell, Cornwall. Bessie Truran, wife of Charles Cook, was born there 13.12.1873.
• COGGER - Emile Ernest's grave, Brookwood, Surrey (15 KB)
  Tom and Evelyn Cogger's second son Emile Ernest, known as Ernest, died of infection during WWI. He was first buried at Aldershot Military Cemetery, but as more cemetery space was made available during WWI, he was re-interred at Brookwood Military Cemetery. The following article in Victorian teaching journal tells his story: "PRIVATE EMIL ERNEST COGGER. Emil Ernest Cogger, son of Mr. Thomas Cogger of Green Hill, near Kyneton, was born in October 1895. He attended Kyneton High School in 1912-13, and was appointed minor teacher at school (no.) 1912, Footscray in 1914. He was a good teacher, always active and willing. He enlisted on the 7th of August, 1915 and embarked with the 9th Reinforcements to the 23rd Battalion. After a period of training in Egypt, he went to France on the 21st of March, 1916, and joined his unit on the 15th of June. He went into hospital, sick, on the 8th of July, and was invalided to England on the 13th. He died at Connaught Hospital, Aldershot, on the 22nd. of septic poisoning in the throat from wounds he had received in France. SEE PHOTO "COGGER - Emile Ernest, died WWI, Aldershot, Surrey".
• FERGUSON/HAMILTON: Stewart Hamilton, Donegal. (10 KB)
  George Charles Stewart Hamilton, known as Stewart, on his property Carnshannagh at Burnfoot, Donegal. Stewart is the great grandson of Moore and Mary Jane Hamilton of Drumanael, through his father George and grandfather William Long Hamilton, to whom Mary Jane assigned Drumanael in 1898.
• TRURAN - Miners' cottages, Lwr Sticker, Cornwall. (7 KB)
  We do not know just where in Lower Sticker Bessie Truran was born on 15.12.1873. We do know her father Tom was a tin miner, probably working at the nearby South Polglooth tin mine. These miners' cottages that still stand at Lower Sticker might have been quite like the Truran home.
• COGGER - Anna Marie - 'Auntie Annie', 1880 - 1962. (12 KB)
  'Auntie Annie' was the youngest daughter of Charles and Emilie Cogger. She was born at Mt Macedon 7.6.1880 and lived all her life at 'The Laurels'. In 1944, at 64 years of age, she married Tom Dunn, who had worked for the Cogger family business. For the last 20 years she was regarded at the matriarch of the Cogger family. She was a tireless worker for the Church of the Good Shepherd on Mt Macedon, the church funded in part by her father.
• FERGUSON/HAMILTON: Stewart Hamilton's family. (12 KB)
  The family of Stewart and Ros Hamilton at Carnshannagh, Burnfoot, Donegal. L to R - Seated: Kay Cook visiting from Australia, Stewart's wife Rosamond (Ros) Zara Hamilton neé Hudson born in Lumbwa, Kenya; their son Robert George Hamilton born Kenya 3.10.1959 and his wife Joan neé Ferguson (Yes). At the back, their son Iain Andrew Hamilton, called Andrew, born Kenya 28.4.1969 with his father Stewart, born Nakura, Kenya 15.8.1932. The photo on the small table at the right is of their third son David, born Kenya 13.6.1962, who died in Donegal 21.4.1996.
• TRURAN - St Agnes tin mine. (7 KB)
  Ephraim Truren was baptized at St Agnes, near Truro, 28.6.1718.
• COGGER - Sybil, sister in law Emmie (O'Callaghan) (13 KB)
  Sybil Govey (neé Cogger) and her brother Carl's wife Emmie Billinghurst Cogger (neé O'Callaghan). Carl and Emmie married in Sydney in 1913. He was born at Macedon 24?7.1893 and served as a Warrant Officer during WWI (SERN 389, enlisted Broadmeadows). They had 8 children between 1914 and 1931. Carl died in Benalla 30.6.1966 and Emmie died in Wangaratta 21.11.1980.
• FERGUSON/HAMILTON: Grave of Moore & Mary Hamilton. (21 KB)
  In Muff C of E Cemetery at Iskaheen, the grave of Moore Hamilton who was buried 24.6.1876, and his wife Mary Jane neé Long, buried 23.10.1898. HEADSTONE ON GRAVE NO. 90 IN MUFF CHURCH OF IRELAND GRAVEYARD, OUTSIDE TOWN OF MUFF, NORTH EASTERN BOUNDARY OF DONEGAL ON LOUGH FOYLE, ABOUT 5 MILES FROM LONDONDERRY READS: HAMILTON MOORE died 24.6.1876. His wife MARY JANE died 23.10.1898 Their son WILLIAM L. died 31.5.1935. His wife MARTHA died 20.3.1950. Their son’s wife HELENA ELIZABETH died 8.6.1978. Her husband WILLIAM LONG (Hamilton) died 20.10.1981. Also in memory of his brothers GEORGE MOORE died in Kenya 1955, JOHN WALLACE d. Woodbridge 1986. (THIS HEADSTONE WAS PLACED BY WILLIAM LONG HAMILTON'S GRANDSON STEWART HAMILTON).
• COGGER /GOVEY: Emil Charles Govey, 1918 - 1943. (9 KB)
  Emil Charles Govey, son of Sybil (neé Cogger) and Charles Govey, born 24.5.1918, died of WWII injuries, Redbank, Queensland 21.1.1943. SERVICE RECORD: Enlisted 25.7.1941 Heathcote, aged 23 y 2mths. Joined 39th Battalion 25.11.1941. Embarked PA ‘Sydney’27.12.1941, arrived Pt Moresby 3.1.1942. Isolation Hospital 29.3.1942 - dysentry. Malaria 30.1.1942. WOUNDED IN ACTION (gunshot wound - chest) 6.12.1942 Pt Moresby.Embarked HS ‘Manuda’ for Brisbane 17.12.1942, arrived 22.12.1942. Admitted 2/4 Australian General Hospital Redbank 22.12.1942. Died of bronchial pneumonia 21.1.1943. Buried Ipswich Cemetery military section, grave number A9303, 22.1.1943. Awarded 1939/45 Star, Pacific Star, War Medal, Australia Service Medal.
• FERGUSON/HAMILTON: Muff Cemetery, general view. (11 KB)
  Hamilton descendant Kay Cook inspects Hamilton headstones in Muff C of E cemetery , Donegal. In the centre is the headstone for Moore and Mary Jane Hamilton, her gr gr grandparents, through their son Moore and his wife Janet Wilkie.
• TRURAN - Bill, and Tom Cook snr, Geraldton, 1993. (8 KB)
  Cousins, meeting for the first time, Bill Truran, son of James Henry Truran, and Tom Cook snr, son of James's sister Bessie Truran. At the Geraldton Pioneer Cemetery, Western Australia. Bill Truran has kindly provided several of the old Truran family photos.
• COGGER/GOVEY - Doug Govey marries Nell Dempster (9 KB)
  At St John's West Brunswick, Douglas William Govey, son of Charles and Sybil Govey, marries Ellen (Nell) Augusta Dempster, 12.8.1942. Doug died 12 months later in New Guinea. WWII SERVICE RECORD: Enlisted 3.11.1939 Bendigo. Number VX5332 2/5th Battalion 6th Division. Embarked Melb for Egypt 14.4.1940. Moascar Hospital Port Said 18.5.1940. Influenza 3.6.1940. Rubella 9.6.1940. Dyptheria 10.9.1940. Rejoined unit 17.10.1940. WOUNDED IN ACTION (Gun shot) Egypt 9.1.1941. Australian General Hospital, Gaza - Tonsilitis 15.3.1941. Rejoined unit at Jules 30.3.1941. Hospitals 18.4.1941, 7.6.1941. To 2/5 Battalion 3.3.1942. Emb. To Ceylon 10.3.1942, emb. Colombo for Melb. 14.7.1942, arrived 4.8.1942. To NSW, then Qld 17.9.1942. Promoted to Lance Corporal 10.10.1942. Arrived NG 17.10.1942. Malaria 26.12.1942. Returned to Aust. 8.1.1943, Hospital Caulfield 20.1.1943. Leave 22.1.1943 - 9.2.1943. Returned Caulfield Hos. Tonsillectomy 3.3.1942. Emb. Townsville per ‘Taroona’ 26.5.1943, arrived Port Moresby 28.5.1943. Malaria 9.8.1943. DIED 17.8.1943, buried Buigap(?) Creek, reburied Lae War Cemetery, Q B 4 (Source: National War Memorial) Awarded 1939/45 Star, Africa Star, Pacific Star, Defence Medal, Aust. Service Medal.
• MEYERS/COOK/THORPE: Francis Thorpe 1827 - 1917. (10 KB)
  Born in Tasmania in 1827, the son of Francis Thorpe (1) and Cecilia Elizabeth Bagley, Francis Thorpe (2) married Catherine O'Connell, born 1830 Limerick, daughter of Daniel and Mary O'Connell. They had 3 children. According to his death certificate there was another marriage either before or after that, but we have no information about it. He began a partnership with Louisa Cook neé Meyers in about 1883. They had 6, possibly 7 children between 1883 and 1902, and eventually married in 1909 when Francis was 81 and Louisa about 54. Francis died in Murrumbeena in 1917, aged 90. Louisa died at Francis Thorpe's bootmakers premises at 270 Drummond St, Carlton in 1910 aged about 55, 4½ months after their marriage. Photo courtesy of Bob Urquhart.
• COGGER: Sybil's daughter Meg's wedding day. (7 KB)
  Sybil Govey (neé Cogger) and her eldest daughter Marjorie Evelyn Govey, known as Meg, at her marriage to Merchant Naval engineer Archibald David McKinna (known as Mack), Trinity Presbyterian Church, Camberwell, 17.8.1945. Mack was on the British Phosphate Co. ship 'Triona' December 6, 1940, off Nauru Is, when it was shelled and sunk by the German raider 'Komet'. He spent 3 yrs 9 mths in the Milag-Marlag Nord prison camp in Germany. 'Mentioned in dispatches'.
• COGGER/ GOVEY - Zaida Govey marries Tom Kavanagh (10 KB)
  Zaida Kathleen Govey marries Thomas Augustus Kavanagh, 27.8.1942 Camberwell. L to R: Frank Lloyd, Top Govey, Tom, Zaida, Tom’s brother?, Meg Govey. Front: Kay Govey, Margo Watkins. They had 4 daughters, Kathleen, Josephine, Robyn and Berenice. Zaida died at Castlemaine 31.7.1978 and Tom died there 20.6.1989. Both are buried at Castlemaine Cemetery, as are Zaida's parents Sybil and Charlie Govey.
• COGGER/GOVEY - Zaida Govey, Tom Kavanagh c 1942. (15 KB)
  Sybil Govey's (neé Cogger) second daughter Zaida with her husband to be Tom Kavanagh. As Zaida’s note on the back of the photo says ‘Pre-marital days … just - in fact - before nuptuals. Happy, carefree days’.
• MEYERS/COOK/THORPE: Louisa Meyers 1855 - 1910. (13 KB)
  Born in Melbourne about 1855, the daughter of Charles Meyers from Braunschweig, Germany and Mary Pine from Co. Cork, Louisa Meyers was first married to Francis Charles Cook. They had 8 children between 1873 and 1882, only 3 of whom survived. Francis Cook 'took up with' Matilda Harris down the way in Lt Lonsdale St, and Louisa began her relationship with Francis Thorpe. Who made the first move? Don't know. Louisa died on 28.1.1910 and is buried at the Melbourne General Cemetery. Several others are buried with Louisa - Francis Thorpe (3), son of Francis Thorpe and Catherine O'Connell, and their grand-daughters Myrtle Thorpe (17 days) and Ellen Thorpe (1 mth), daughters of Francis (2)Thorpe's son William and his wife Selina Lovell. Also, Henry Cook (4 yrs), Louisa's son by Francis Cook, plus a Nellie Clark (21 yrs) - connection not known. Photo courtesy of Bob Urquhart.
• TRURAN - Copper & tin mines near Chacewater. (6 KB)
  In the 1851 Census for Cornwall Charles Truran, Bessie's grandfather, was a copper miner at Chacewater. Charles and his wife Catherine (neé Messer), and his parents Thomas and Elizabeth (neé Axford) are all buried at Chacewater. Charles and Catherine's first 3 children were baptized at Chacewater, including our ancestor Thomas, born Chacewater 21.9.1845 and baptized there 24.5.1846.
• COGGER/GOVEY - Sybil Govey's daughter Audrey Govey (13 KB)
  Audrey Neville (Govey), known as Toppie, and her husband American sailor Elmer Reece McKee (known as Jack), with their first child Donald Gene McKee (known as Skipper), August 1946, probably in Brooklyn. They have 2 sons and 2 daughters. Toppie kindly supplied several of the photos in this collection.
• TRURAN - Chacewater school. (8 KB)
  Probably attended by our ancestor Thomas Truran (b 1845) and his brothers John (b 1844) and Joseph (b 1848). Our good friend and great help in building this Truran family history, Lambert Truran of Perth, Western Australia, taught at this school.
• MEYERS/THORPE: Alice Maud Thorpe 1887 - 1951. (9 KB)
  Born Alice Maud 'Cook' on 7.9.1887 in Carlton, the daughter of Francis Thorpe and Louisa Cook neé Meyers, Alice Thorpe married Walter James Marriner 7.6.1905. Walter and Alice were both 17 years old when they married at the Melbourne Registry Office. The marriage certificate shows him as 21 and she as 20. It also shows Alice's mother as Elizabeth, not Louisa. And Walter was a butcher, not a baker, of 39 Lt Collins St, Melbourne, and Alice of 286 Drummond St, Carlton. The marriage was kept a secret and they both went home to their parents. Alice soon found she was pregnant so they ran away to Adelaide where the first child Doris Maud was born 24.3.1906. They had 5 children. Also, they cared for George Henry Cook after his mother Bessie died in 1911 in WA and his father Charles went to WWI. Charles's mother Louisa (Meyers) was also the mother of Alice Maud Marriner. Alice died 12.3.1954 in Preston. Notes and photo courtesy of Delma Madin.
• COGGER/GOVEY - Meg Govey & her daughter Kathleen. (21 KB)
  Marjorie Evelyn Govey, known as Meg, and her daughter Kathleen Annie Govey, Kay, on holiday at West Rosebud. Kay and her husband Tom Cook have researched these family trees and, with much help from many family members, have put this collection of family photographs together.
• MEYERS/THORPE: Walter jnr, Alice & Doris Marriner. (13 KB)
  The first 3 children of Walter James Marriner and Alice Maud neé Thorpe: L to R - Walter James (2) born Carlton 11.3.1911, died Surfers Paradise 7.11.1976; Alice Lillian born Carlton 27.1.1909, died Preston 27.7.1974; Doris Maud born Adelaide 24.3.1906, died Ringwood September 1972. Photo courtesy of Delma Madin.
• COGGER/GOVEY:Memorial window to Doug & Emil Govey. (23 KB)
  Brothers Doug and Emil Govey died on war service during WWII. This memorial window in the Mia Mia Presbyterian Church commemorates their sacrifice. Also, Mia Mia residents placed a plaque in the Mia Mia hall that reads; "Honoured memory of L/Cpl D. Govey and Pte E. Govey who paid the supreme sacrifice for freedom's cause - A tribute from the Residents of the Mia Mia District."
• TRURAN - Tom & Ellen - Bessie's parents. (12 KB)
  Thomas Truran, b 21.9.1845 at Chacewater, and his wife Ellen neé Brown, b St Day, Cornwall 2.7.1842. They married at St George's, Truro, Cornwall 14.1.1865 and travelled to Australia on the 'Robert Morrison' with 9 children, departing London 12.4.1881. During the 3 month voyage the women repaired storm-wrecked sails with bedsheets. They arrived at Fremantle 4.7.1881. Tom worked in the lead mines at Northampton, WA while the family lived in a bark hut with calico over the windows. Ellen died at Charles St. Geraldton 14.5.1904 and Tom died at Geraldton early 1925. Both were buried at the since-redeveloped Eastern Rd cemetery, Geraldton. The girl in the photo is Mabel, the daughter of their daughter Emily.
• COGGER/GOVEY: Govey girls at Kay' s wedding,1956. (11 KB)
  At Kathleen Annie (Kay) Govey's marriage to Tom Cook, Sybil Govey, second from right, and her daughters, L to R, Toppie McKee, Zaida Kavanagh, and Meg McKinna, Kay's mother.
• TRURAN - Emily Annie, Bessie's youngest sister. (12 KB)
  Emily Annie Truran, born 20.12.1878 in Cornwall, youngest daughter of Tom and Ellen, baptized on board the 'Robert Morrison' lying at Gravesend by Rev. F C Nash of the Holy Trinity Parish and St Andrew's Waterside Church Mission. The ship had left London 2 days before, en route to Fremantle.
• CHANTLER family, Christmas Day, 2001 (20 KB)
  At Murray and Sue Cook's on Christmas Day, 2001. The 'Chantler family'. L to R: Traci Harris, Andrew Cook (front). Maxwell, Andrew Maxwell, Michael and Jenny Harris, Lachlan Cook with Jason Harris (front), Margaret Chantler, Sue Cook, Adam Harris, Murray Cook.
• COGGER/GOVEY - Husbands of the Govey Girls (11 KB)
  At the wedding of Kay Govey to Tom Cook, July 14, 1956: L to R - Tom Kavanagh, Jack McKee, Tom and Kay, Mack McKinna.
• COOK - Murray Cook, son Lachlan, grandfather Tom (31 KB)
  Christmas Day, 2001, Murray Cook, with his youngest son Lachlan, and his grandfather Tom Cook snr.
• COOK - 'Carrie Moore', actress, Louisa's ½ sister. (16 KB)
  Born Caroline Myer, January 13, 1863, daughter of Charles Myer/Meyers and his second wife Margaret O'Halloran, she became the popular actress, singer, dancer 'Carrie Moore' who performed in Melbourne, Sydney and the West End from around 1900 to possibly the early 1920's. She was a half sister to our ancestor Louisa Meyers, the wife of Francis Charles Cook.The State Library of Victoria has copies of the magazine "The Theatre", which has some reviews of her shows. Some are complimentary, others not. The September 1, 1912 issue comments: "... After the third number the audience appeared to have had quite enough. Still, Miss Moore eagerly returned in response to the sparingly-given applause, and "obliged" with a fourth number. Miss Moore is a beautifully graceful musical-comedy artiste. It is in songs incidental to such productions and coon-numbers that these only serve to reveal her faults as a vocalist, without affording her the least scope for the work in which she mainly shines - grace of movement, and pretty, light acting. A 1924 editon of "The Theatre" comments "Carrie Moore is one of the few Australian artists that for many years held a distinct place in the London theatrical world. Her first emphatic hit in the Big Smoke was made in "The Dairymaids" and her vitality and talent won her an enduring place in the hearts of Londoners."
• COGGER/GOVEY - Charlie Govey's truck (45 KB)
  Charlie Govey, woodcutter, at the wheel of his truck, at Mia Mia. Date of photo and identity of other people are unknown.
• TRURAN - Sylvia Smith neé Roads (14 KB)
  Tom Cook snr visits Sylvia Smith in Victoria Park, Perth. Sylvia is the eldest daughter of Mabel and Tom Roads. Sylvia has kindly supplied several of these photos.
• FERGUSON/OLSSON/THOMSON/PARKER (13 KB)
  MASON CHRISTIAN PARKER, son of Chris and Carolyn (neé Thomson) Parker, grandson of Bob and Judith (neé Olsson) Thomson. Born March 7, 2002.
• TRURAN - Bessie, & her first husband, James Pager. (10 KB)
  Bessie Truran married James Pager at the Wesleyan Chapel, Greenough, near Geraldton, WA, 20.9.1890. James was 64 and Bessie 16. James was a highly regarded citizen of the Geraldton district, being prominent in the Good Templars Lodge and the Salvation Army. James died in Geraldton 12.4.1894 aged 69. He was buried in the Wesleyan Cemetery 13.4.1894 after a Salvation Army service. Bessie was the sole beneficiary, but according to family was swindled of the £350 by the solicitor Joseph Payne who subsequently threw himself under a train at East Perth (or Guildford ?) station. The May 19, 1894 “War Cry” reported James’ funeral, the first Salvation Army funeral in Geraldton: “Brother Pager promoted to Glory. Large crowds attended...beautiful service at graveside... He left bright testimony behind... The memorial service at night crowded out... deep conviction prevailed." Note that a Mr Payne, lodge deputy of the Good Templars, spoke at the Service. The baby in the photo is probably William Edmund Pager, born 7.7.1890.
• COGGER - Four generations on Aspendale beach (18 KB)
  1965: Family of Sybil Govey (neé Cogger) - L to R - Kay Cook (neé Govey), her daughter Megan (b. 24.6.1962), Kay’s grandmother Sybil Govey (Nanny), Sybil’s sister Dulcie Doherty, Sybil's daughters Toppy McKee and Meg McKinna (Kay's mother).
• DIEHL - Esslingen, near Stuttgart, Germany. (12 KB)
  Focus of Diehl family history from around 1565 to 1810. Carl Diehl's parents were born and married there, or in nearby Sulzgries, as were 6 generations before them.
• COGGER/GOVEY - Descendants and their spouses (16 KB)
  c 1995 : L to R - Descendants in CAPS - Tom Cook , TOPPY McKEE and husband Jack McKee, SHARYN (McKee), CHRIS COOK, KAY COOK, Barbara McKee and husband SKIPPER McKEE, ZAIDA VAN DE LOOP and husband Harry.
• COGGER /GOVEY: Sisters Kay Cook & Janet Dixon 1984 (9 KB)
  'Back to Redesdale Primary' Jan 14, 1984. L to R: Tom Kavanagh, widower of Zaida (neé Govey), Russell and Jane Dixon (neé McKinna) and their children Lauren & Tim, with Kay Cook (neé Govey).
• FERGUSON/OLSSON/THOMSON/PARKER (27 KB)
  MASON CHRISTIAN PARKER, born March 7, 2002, with his mother Carolyn Parker (neé Thomson). January 14, 2003.
• FERGUSON/OLSSON/THOMSON/ PARKER - father & son (18 KB)
  MASON CHRISTIAN PARKER - born March 7, 2002, with his father Chris, January 15, 2003. Mason is the son of Chris & Carolyn (neé Thomson) Parker, and grandson of Bob & Judith (neé Olsson) Thomson.
• DIEHL - Stetten im Remstal, nth of Esslingen. (9 KB)
  Carl Johann Gottlieb Diehl and his wife Johanna Catharina Rapp married in this Protestant church on 27.1.1835. The first three and the seventh (the last) of their children were born in Stetten.
• COOK/HIMING/GIBBERD - ELIAS GIBBERD b Oct 2, 2002 (127 KB)
  Elias Mark Gibberd, born in Mildura Oct 2, 2002, son of Narelle & Mark Gibberd, grandson of Merv & Pam Himing, great grandson of Dorothy Cook.
• DIEHL - St Clara cemetery, Esslingen, Germany. (9 KB)
  The former St Clara cemetery in Esslingen is now a student hostel. Carl Diehl's grandparents were buried there in 1790 and 1805, as were many other of our Diehls.
• COGGER - Dulcie Cogger marries Joshua Doherty (17 KB)
  15.12.1934 - Jos Doherty marries Dulcie, the youngest daughter of Tom and Evelyn Cogger.
• COGGER/GOVEY/KAVANAGH/LEGGE - Zachary, b Sept 2001 (69 KB)
  Timothy Francis Legge and his wife Ruth (neé Dougherty), with their son Zachary, born Sept 2001, and Tim's mother Josephine Sybil Kavanagh - Oct 31, 2003
• DIEHL - Rottweil, birthplace of Carl Diehl. (9 KB)
  Carl Diehl was born in Rottweil, Wuertemberg, Germany at 5.30 am on 25.8.1811, the son of Georg Wilhelm Diel and Anna Catharina neé Wendnagel. Georg and Anna had married at the Stadtkirche in Esslingern 21.11.1810. Georg was a non-commissioned officer (Corporal) in Von Wolff Infantry Battalion No. 3 at Rottweil. He obtained royal permission to marry by committing to 12 more years service. Georg and Anna were reported missing during Napoleon's Russian campaign. NZ publication 'Historic North Otago' reports that "both Carl's parents had been killed in Russia by the French during Napoleon's retreat from Moscow in 1812". They were subsequently declared legally deceased. Carl became a beneficiary of the estate of his mother's mother, Elisabeth Margaretha neé Scherrublin, receiving in 1823 in his mother's place 209 Florin. We have been greatly assisted with this family tree by the German professional researcher Friedrich Wollmershauser, Herrengasse 8-10, 89610 Oberdischengen, W Germany. We highly recommend his work.
• COGGER - Ray Doherty and wife Barbara (neé Rees) (11 KB)
  Ray Doherty, son of Dulcie (neé Cogger) and Jos Doherty has kindly supplied several of the Cogger pics included in this collection.
• COGGER/GOVEY/KAVANAGH - Michael b Nov 15, 2000 (107 KB)
  Michael Charalambos Oannu Kavanagh, born November 15, 2000, with his parents Adeshua David and Berenice Megan Kavanagh - Oct 31, 2003
• DIEHL - Turriff Lodge, New Norfolk, Tasmania (4 KB)
  Carl Diehl's daughter Emilie (who in 1863 m’d Charles Cogger in Melbourne) was hired on July 28, 1855 by James Turnbull, a hop farmer at New Norfolk, as a general servant on £15 for 6 months, with rations. His “Milbrook Estate” was adjacent to Turriff Lodge which was also known as Government Cottage. The hop kilns are still there.Carl came to Tasmania with his wife Johanna and 8 children (not Caroline or August) on “Bounty Ticket” system (£18 per adult, £9 per child, £4.10 shillings per child under 3 yrs) on the ship “America”, departed Liverpool April 15,1855, arrived Hobart July 23. The family’s move to Australia was sponsored by a W.Kirchner. It took 99 days, and 19 passengers and crew died en route. The ship’s Captain reported that the migrants “conducted themselves in an orderly and quiet manner and I think to persons who can make their wishes understood in their own language they will prove useful servants". On August 4, 1855 Carl and son Carl August were hired by a Capt. Frederick Edmond Chalmers, as gardeners and general servants - Carl on £80 for 12 months (with lodgings, no rations) and Carl August on £50 for 12 mths.
• COGGER - Charles Diehl Cogger and nephews. (11 KB)
  L to R: Maurice Frederick Cogger b Macedon 15.8.1908, son of Henry Edward Cogger (son of Charles Cogger snr), Charles Diehl Cogger, Henry's older brother, Tom Dunn (Auntie Annie’s husband), Eric Nichols Cogger(Maurice’s twin, b. Macedon 15.8.1908).
• COGGER /GOVEY- Kay Govey and her mother Meg. (10 KB)
  About 1951 at West Rosebud, on holiday. Marjorie Evelyn Govey, Meg, daughter of Sybil Govey (neé Cogger), and her daughter Kathleen Annie Govey, Kay.
• DIEHL - Emilie Friedriche Diehl, Carl's daughter. (6 KB)
  The second daughter of Carl Diehl and Johanna neé Rapp, Emilie was born 8.2.1837 at Stetten im Remstal, Wuertemberg, Germany. She married Charles Cogger in St Kilda, Melbourne 29.8.1863. They had 10 children. Emilie died at Upper Macedon 15.7.1905 and is buried at Macedon cemetery.
• COGGER - Sydney Edward (Tim) 1919 - 1994 (18 KB)
  Top right, Tim Cogger, born Sydney Edward, born in Sydney 26.10.1919, son of Carl Raymond Cogger, married Ena Mary Nunn 28.6.1947. Photo from the Australian War Memorial Photographic Database, probably taken in Yokohama, Japan, after the cessation of hostilities, c 1945/6. Tim and Ena had 4 daughters and 2 sons between 1948 and 1964. Tim died at Benalla 14.10.1994. Ena has kindly supplied several of the photos in this collection.
• COGGER - Evelyn Sophia, wife of Thomas. (7 KB)
  Evelyn Sophia Cogger (neé Cavalier), born Dunedin, NZ 13.4.1872, daughter of John Cavalier and Sophia (neé Fletcher). Evelyn married Thomas Cogger at Mt Macedon 13.4.1891. They had 6 sons and 4 daughters. Evelyn died at Bethesda Hospital, Richmond, 22.3.1940 aged 67. She was buried at Drouin, with Tom, 23.3.1940.
• COGGER - Thomas, eldest son of Charles Cogger. (9 KB)
  Tom Cogger was born in Brighton, Melbourne, 29.6.1864. He married Evelyn Sophia Cavalier at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Mt Macedon on her 19th birthday, 13.4.1891. They had 6 sons and 4 daughters. Tom died at Drouin 15.9.1936 and is buried at Drouin with Evelyn.
• DIEHL - Carl employed at Sayes Court., Bagdad, Tas (20 KB)
  Kay Cook visits Sayes Court, Bagdad, Tasmania. On August 4, 1855 Carl and son Carl August were hired by Capt. Frederick Edmond Chalmers, as gardeners and general servants - Carl on £80 for 12 months (with lodgings, no rations) and Carl August on £50 for 12 mths - at Sayes Court, Bagdad, about 35 kms north of Hobart on the main highway to Launceston. The freestone stables, an impressive 2 storey structure with chimney and buttresses, is still there, as is part of the original house. Carl came to Tasmania with his wife Johanna and 8 children (not Caroline or August) on “Bounty Ticket” system (£18 per adult, £9 per child, £4.10 shillings per child under 3 yrs) on the ship “America”, departed Liverpool April 15,1855, arrived Hobart July 23. Family’s move to Aust. sponsored by W.Kirchner. It took 99 days, and 19 passengers and crew died en route. The ship’s Captain reported that the migrants “conducted themselves in an orderly and quiet manner and I think to persons who can make their wishes understood in their own language they will prove useful servants".
• COGGER - sons of Tom and Evelyn Cogger (10 KB)
  L to R: Laurie (Laurence Arnold Thomas b 21.4.1911), Harry (Rupert Henry b 1.3.1900), Carl (Carl Raymond b 24?7.1893). Front - Bert (Bertrand Adrian b 30.6.1908)& Bernie (Bernhardt D'Arcy b 18.6.1914). The 6th brother, Emile Ernest, b 10.10.1895, died on service during WWI.
• DIEHL - Otepopo Inn, Herbert, built by Carl Diehl. (7 KB)
  Winifred Diehl, daughter of Carl's son Ernst, in front of the Inn known variously as the Otepopo Inn, or Herbert Hotel, or Bush inn, Herbert. It was a Cobb & Co. staging post. The inn was built by Carl Diehl, and operated by his son Ernst. Only the original cottage of the inn survives today - see photos. This photo, and others in this collection, kindly supplied by Ernst's great grandson, Max Diehl of Timaru.
• FERGUSON - JOHN, 'The third' 1867 - 1943. (8 KB)
  John Ferguson, son of John Ferguson and Mary Stewart - m.n.Hannah), born North Redesdale, Victoria, 8.5.1867, married Isabella Henderson Hamilton at Summer Hill, Metcalfe 21.8.1895 (See Hamilton family tree). They had 4 sons and 4 daughters. Isabella died 11.3.1910. John married Florence Mary Richards 15.10.1925 (See Flora Richards family tree). They had 4 sons and one daughter. John died 30.10.1943 at Sunbury and was buried at Kyneton with his mother Mary (Mrs Thomas Gibbard).
• COOK family, c 1912 (Mother Bessie deceased) (17 KB)
  L to R: Standing - George, Louisa, Archie. Seated - Ellen, Frank, Arthur, father Charles James Cook, and Tom.
• COOK - Bessie's family c 1911. (18 KB)
  Children standing, L to R: Ellen, Archie, George, (ladies not known - possibly Bessie's sisters). Seated: Louisa, Nellie Pager, Tom aged 3, mother Bessie, and baby Arthur.
• COOK, Charles James (8 KB)
  Born 13.9.1876 at the rear of 128 Lt Lonsdale St, Melbourne. Married Bessie Truran 16.5.1896 in Geraldton, married Ophelia Connolly 1916, died of WWI injuries 20.2.1920, buried Northam, Salvation Army section.
• COOK, Charles James 1876 - 1920 (10 KB)
  Father of Francis Charles, Louisa, Archibald Redwith, George Henry, Ellen, Thomas, Arthur John, Bessie Alexandria, Rose Eunice and James Desmond Cook.
• COOK,Charles and his eldest son Frank, during WWI. (6 KB)
  Charles served during WWI in France and Belgium as a Lance Corporal in the Australian Light Rail Operating Co. and Frank in France as a Private in the 1st Pioneers.
• COOK, Louisa, and her brother Archibald. (8 KB)
  Children of Charles & Bessie. Note on the back of this postcard photo reads: "To father with love and best wishes from your daughter and son Louie and Archie Cook. Xmas wishes. I hope you like it."
• DIEHL - Grave of Carl and Johanna Diehl, Otepopo. (5 KB)
  Megan Rose (neé Cook), daughter of Tom and Kay Cook, who have prepared these family trees and photos, at the grave of Carl Diehl and his wife Johanna neé Rapp, in Otepopo cemetery, Herbert. Headstone reads: Johanna Catterina Beloved wife of Carl Diehl Died 20.6.1875 aged 61 Also Carl Diehl Died 9.11.1876 aged 65.
• COOK, George Henry and his sister Louisa. (9 KB)
  Children of Charles & Bessie. Louisa was at the Salvation Army Training College in Melbourne and George was cared for in Melbourne by his father's half sister Alice Maud Thorpe and her husband Walter Marriner. They operated the Carlton Club Hotel in Gertrude St, Fitzroy.
• DIEHL - Carl's son Ernst, Major, Otepopo Rifles. (19 KB)
  Ernst Friedrich Diehl, back row, right - born 20.3.1842 in Bad Cannstatt, Germany. Partner or owner of Herbert Hotel, 1865 to 1875. Ernst was auditor of Otepopo Road Board, “one of the first wardens to supervise fair grazing of the Herbert Hundred in 1873", helped found the Herbert Cricket Club and the Herbert Volunteers, Captain of the Otepopo Rifles - becoming Major 9.9.1884. Designed and supervised building of St Mary's Anglican Church, Herbert. “With James Davidson invested £5950 in purchase of land, construction of dam and mill. Grain for milling was grown south of Waianakarua River. Dam was damaged during construction by flooding of the Waianakarua River. Four story mill opened May 12,1879 but mill and stock worth £3300 gutted by fire 27.1.1881. Safe had been emptied. Ernst had bought the Royal Hotel on July 28, 1876 after his sister-in-law, Eliza Reynolds, the licensee, had died in 1875. He was ruined by the loss of the mill and was forced to sell the 'Royal' licence for £57. Mill is now THE MILL HOUSE restaurant & B&B, Waianakarua, run by Alan & Joy McQueen, who have kindly supplied these photos of the mill. Ernst died Herbert 23.7.1907, and was buried in the Otepopo cemetery, Herbert, with his wife Ellen (neé Weller).
• COOK, Ellen 1906 - 1954, daughter of Charles. (11 KB)
  Daughter of Charles & Bessie. Born Walkaway, WA 17.6.1906. To SA c1925, to Melb c1928. Ellen was a Nursing Sister at Bethesda Hospital in Richmond for more than 25 years. She never married and died at Freemasons' Hospital 25.11.1954 aged 48.
• FERGUSON - Greenock, Scotland - b/p of John (2). (18 KB)
  John Ferguson 'The second'. His marriage certificate to Mary Stewart (m.n. Hannah), gave his birthplace as Greenock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. Years of research has failed to find the record of the birth of a John Ferguson to a John and Mary Ferguson - the names he gave for his parents - in the early 1830's. John (2) died at Piper St, Kyneton, 29.7.1867, and was said to be 37 years old. John (2) and Mary Hannah had one daughter Christina Jane in 1865 and one son, John Ferguson (3) at Nth Redesdale on 8.5.1867.
• DIEHL - Carl worked in Aarau, Switzerland, 1830. (12 KB)
  21.7.1830: 19 yo gardener Carl Diehl worked in Aarau, Switzerland, just across the German border.
• COOK, Ellen and brothers Tom and Arthur. (9 KB)
  Children of Charles & Bessie. After their mother Bessie died in 1911 aged 38 Ellen was put into the Salvation Army Girls' Home at Collie and Tom and Arthur into the No.2 Boys' Home
• FERGUSON - Family of John 'The Third" (8 KB)
  L to R: Back Row - Harry or Hugh Gibbard, John Ferguson (3), his daughter Janet (Olsson), Zaida Govey with her neice Kay Govey, Zaida'a mother Sybil Govey, next 2..? far right Flora Ferguson, John's wife. Front Row: John's children Shirley and Geoff Ferguson, their cousin Reg Olsson, and another two sons Clive and Len Ferguson.
• DIEHL - Two descendants. (7 KB)
  April 2001: At Timaru, South Island, New Zealand. L to R: Tom and Kay Cook, Max and Audrey Diehl. Max is the great great grandson of Carl Johann Gottlieb Diehl, via his fifth child Ernst Friedrich Diehl, and Kay is Carl’s great great great grand-daughter, via Ernst's older sister, Carl's second child, Emilie Friedriche Diehl.
• FERGUSON - John (4) - 'Jock' - aged 21. (7 KB)
  John Allan Hamilton Ferguson (4) - known as Jock - was born in Hutton St, Kyneton 12.12.1899, the third child of John Ferguson (3) and Isabella Henderson (neé Hamilton). He never married. Kay Govey was born to Jock and Marjorie Evelyn Govey - Meg - in St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, August 17, 1936. Jock died 11.11.1970 at Bairnsdale. This photo was kindly sent to Kay by Jock's sister Irene May Olsson 6 weeks before she died on March 1, 2001.
• DIEHL - Another Diehl connection. (9 KB)
  Tony and Ros Mooar, with visitor Kay Cook, at Christchurch. Tony’s connection to the Diehl family is via ‘Wee Grannie’, Mary Jane Corlenia Richards, who married Arthur Diehl, son of Ernst Friedrich Diehl. Tony’s grandmother Grace was her sister.
• DIEHL - Flowers for Carl and Johanna Diehl. (13 KB)
  Carl and Johanna Diehl's gr gr gr grand-daughter Kay Cook places flowers on the fallen top-stone of their grave in Otepopo cemetery, Herbert, NZ - April 2001.
• FERGUSON - Clive Ferguson and first wife Eileen. (8 KB)
  Leslie Clive Ferguson, known as Clive, son of John Ferguson (3) and Flora (neé Richards), born 11.7.1929, married Eileen Dorothy McDiamid, known as 'Mick', Easter 1953. They had one son and 2 daughters. 'Mick' died 26.1.1972. Clive later married Eloise Atkins.
• DIEHL - A view of Carl and Johanna's grave. (6 KB)
  Kay Cook studies the headstone at the grave of Carl and Johanna Diehl, in the Otepopo cemetery on Mt Charles, near Herbert, NZ. Note the magnificent view.
• FERGUSON - Shirley, and husband Alan Robinson (7 KB)
  Shirley Ferguson, born 4.2.1931 to John Ferguson (3) and Flora (Richards), married Alan Robert Robinson 27.2.1954. They had one son and one daughter. Alan died at Geelong 30.6.1998.
• DIEHL - Carl and Ernst Diehl's Bush Inn, Herbert. (12 KB)
  Carl Diehl, wife Johanna and children Carl jnr, Ernst and Marie arrived at the bush settlement of Otepopo in NZ from Tasmania in 1861. Carl built the Bush Inn, also known as the Otepopo Inn, or Herbert Hotel, which Ernst ran. It opened in 1864. The land section is now vacant. Only the old cottage of the hotel survived. Timber from part of the inn was used to build a woolshed at Longbush, near Invercargill.
• FERGUSON - Leonard Maxwell Gibbard Ferguson (9 KB)
  Len Ferguson, born 11.5.1933 to John Ferguson(3) and Flora (neé Richards) married Gwendolene May Arnall 24.1.1959. They had 4 sons.
• DIEHL - Original cottage of the Bush Inn, Herbert. (19 KB)
  Is that Winifred, Ernst's 14th child, out front? And who is the child? The outside of the cottage has been rendered at some stage, but the cottage still stands, and is occupied. SEE PHOTO - DIEHL'S COTTAGE TODAY.
• FERGUSON - Shirley and her mother Flora. (6 KB)
  Shirley Ferguson and her mother Florence Mary Ferguson, neé Richards. See Richards family tree. Flora, as she was known, was born in Camberwell, Melbourne, 1893 to William Mark Richards and Emma Beckingsale. She married John Ferguson (3) 15.10.1925. They had 4 sons and one daughter. Flora died in Canberra 26.2.1979.
• DIEHL - Diehl's cottage today. (14 KB)
  The cottage still stands opposite the site of the Herbert Hotel. It is occupied by Mrs Botting. The weatherboard exterior has been rendered but the inside has the original fireplace, now boosted by a pot stove.
• FERGUSON - Hannah's Maybole school Tuck Shop. (9 KB)
  Mary Hannah, wife of John Ferguson (2), was born in Maybole, Ayrshire 1838. Her parents Hugh Hannah and Christina (neé Kirk) operated the Maybole school Tuck Shop from their home at 14 Ladyland Rd, Maybole. The house is still there, opposite the school. Hugh and Christina are both buried in the 'New Maybole cemetery'. For cemetery explorers, it's the row opposite 'The Gents'.
• FERGUSON - Shirley and Alan visit Kay - 1974. (18 KB)
  Shirley Robinson (neé Ferguson), daughter of John (3) and Flora, with her husband Alan, visiting Kay Cook (neé Govey) at Bulleen, Melbourne, 1974. L to R: Alan, Kay, Shirley and Kay's daughter Megan.
• COOK, Arthur John Marmaduke 1910 - 1974. (6 KB)
  Youngest son of Charles & Bessie. Arthur was born at Midland 27.4.1910. He married Dorothy Norma Turner there on 14.9.1940. They had 3 children, Wyndham, Murray and Pamela. He died at Bunbury 31.12.1974.
• COOK, Charles James, Midland Railways engineer. (14 KB)
  Charles' note on the back of this photo reads: "Taken at Walkaway 27.8.1913. One of the Midland Railway's new engines. I am the driver Nellie. I will leave it to you to see if you can pick me out. C. J. Cook." (Charles is holding the oil can. Nellie was his step daughter Ellen Pager.)
• COOK, James Desmond 1917 - 1977. (10 KB)
  Jim was the only child of Charles Cook and his second wife Mrs Ophelia Connolly (neé Thompson). They married in 1916. Jim was born at Osborne Park, Perth, WA, 18.5.1917.
• COOK, Tom snr, at 'Carry on' farm, Northam. (9 KB)
  1998: Charles Cook's son Tom visits the farm at Irishtown, Northam, WA, where his father died in 1920. The machinery is thought to have been original Cook equipment. The family's original mud brick cottage has gone.
• COOK, Tom snr at Woodlands, Bridgetown. (5 KB)
  1998: Tom, son of Charles and Bessie Cook, visits the former dairy-farm in Bridgetown, WA where he worked in 1923-6. Then called Woodlands it was later renamed Camden Park. It was refurbished by the new owners John and Jessie Jones and opened as a B & B called Woodlands in October 1998.
• COOK, Tom snr, marries Doris Foote, 1933. (10 KB)
  Tom and Dorrie Cook’s wedding day, 23.12.1933, at the Brunswick St, Fitzroy, Methodist Church. They had 2 children, Thomas Charles in 1935 and Fay Louise in 1939. Doris died in 1993, aged 82.
• COOK, Tom and Dorrie and children Tom and Fay. (12 KB)
  c1945: At a wedding. Tom jnr was born 11.7.1935 and Fay on 14.3.1939, both at the Melbourne Womens' Hospital.
• DIEHL - Inside Diehl's cottage today. (8 KB)
  Inside the original cottage of the Bush Inn, Otepopo, or Herbert Hotel today. Left, the present owner, Mrs Botting, with neighbour Mr Stanley Watson. Note that a pot stove has been added to the original fireplace.
• COOK, Tom and his wife Doris, c 1988. (8 KB)
  Tom and Dorrie were married for 59½ years. She died at the Manly Vale Hospital, Sydney, 13.6.1993.
• DIEHL - Former Royal Hotel, Herbert. (7 KB)
  Opened about 1864 and bought by Ernst Diehl on July 28, 1876. It is now a private residence.
• COOK, Tom jnr, Kay with sons Chris & Murray. (9 KB)
  14.1.1961: At Tom's sister Fay's marriage to Don Osborn, in St Kilda, Melbourne. Tom and his wife Kathleen Annie (neé Govey), known as Kay, and sons Christopher Charles, b 9.12.1956 and Murray Thomas, b 7.5.1958.
• FERGUSON - Shirley marries Alan Robinson, 1954. (6 KB)
  Shirley Ferguson marries Alan Robinson, 27.2.1954 Nth Essendon Presbyterian: L to R: John Kirk, Kay Govey, Alan Robinson, Shirley Ferguson, Eileen Ferguson, Jack McIntosh, Ray Richards.
• COOK, Murray marries Susan Chantler, 11.11.1989. (11 KB)
  Tom and Kay Cook's second son Murray Thomas Cook marries Sue Chantler, at Holy Trinity, Kew, Melbourne, 11.11.1989. They now have 2 sons, Andrew Thomas Chantler Cook, b 20.1.1994, and Lachlan Leslie Chantler Cook, b 25.2.1998. With Tom Cook snr and Doris. On right, Tom and Kay's daughter Megan, b 24.6.1962.
• FERGUSON - Flora and children Len and Shirley. (16 KB)
  Flora Ferguson (neé Richards) and her children Len (Leonard Maxwell Gibbard Ferguson b 11.5.1933) and Shirley Margaret Ferguson b 4.2.1931).
• DIEHL - "Diehl's Orchard", Herbert. (8 KB)
  A few fruit trees remain on the site still known in Herbert as "Diehl's Orchard". Carl Diehl must have planted the orchard in the late 1860's or early 1870's. He died at his residence in Humber St, Herbert in 1876. The 'orchard' is opposite the garage on the main street.
• FERGUSON - Fergusons and Kay Govey at Redesdale. (10 KB)
  On The Iron Bridge bulit in 1868 over the Campaspe River at Redesdale: L to R - Clive, Geoff and Len Ferguson, Kay Govey, Shirley Ferguson.
• DIEHL - Ernst Diehl's St Mary's Anglican Church. (7 KB)
  St Mary’s Anglican church, Herbert. Ernst Diehl designed it and supervised the construction. Today it is a tourist stop, the Settlers Rest, operated by Graham Martin.
• FERGUSON - Back to Redesdale Primary, 1984. (18 KB)
  Back to Redesdale Primary Jan 14, 1984: L to R - Lloyd Taylor, Kay Cook (neé Govey), Rene Olsson (neé Ferguson), daughter Jennifer, Shirley Robinson (neé Ferguson), Tom Kavanagh, Kay's sister Janet Dixon (neé McKinna), friend Reg Durham, Shirley's husband Alan Robinson. Seated - Shirley Durham, Joan Taylor, Russell Dixon with son Tim and daughter Lauren, Kay's son Murray Cook and his wife-to-be Sue Chantler.
• DIEHL - Waianakarua Mill , built by Ernst Diehl. (8 KB)
  The old Waianakarua mill, built by Ernst Diehl in partnership with James Davidson (and Ernst's brother-in-law Reynolds?) was destroyed by fire 27.1.1881. It has been restored and is now operated as a restaurant and B & B by Alan and Joy McQueen, who kindly supplied information and photographs for this home page.
• FERGUSON - Another pic, Back to Redesdale, 1984. (17 KB)
  The Fergusons: Redesdale Back To, January 14, 1984. L to R - Len Ferguson,(friend Reg Durham), Clive and Eloise Ferguson, Shirley and Alan Robinson.
• DIEHL - Waianakarua Mill stone. (10 KB)
  An original mill stone from Ernst Diehl's Waianakarua mill, now stands in the foyer of the restored building. Above the stone is a photo of Ernst and Ellen Diehl which was supplied by Max Diehl of Timaru.
• The Fergusons: Redesdale Back To, January 14, 1984 (14 KB)
  24.1.1959: Kay Cook (neé Govey), daughter of Jock Ferguson, at his half-brother Len Ferguson's marriage to Gwen Arnall.
• FOOTE - Doris Cook (neé Foote) at New Quay, 1984. (35 KB)
  Doris Cook, her husband Tom, and family, visit New Quay, Devon, where her gr gr grandfather William Foot and his family lived in the 1840's, 50's, 60's and 70's. William and his son Thomas were bargemen, loading copper ore from the Tavistock mines and also arsenic onto barges which sailed down the Tamar to Plymouth. William's daughter Sarah worked at the inn. His wife Ann (neé Couch) died in Plymouth 16.6.1860, and William married (?) her sister Elizabeth (called Betsy) whose husband John Chubb had died earlier. Doris Cook was interviewed and photographed on the site of the now derelict village of New Quay by a reporter from the Western Morning News. The remains of the cottages formerly occupied by William and his family and son Thomas and his family can still be seen. Our ancestor, John Foot, was born at New Quay. This photo was taken at the old inn.
• DIEHL - Otepopo Bridge (6 KB)
  The Otepopo bridge on the highway between Herbert and Oamaru, straddles the Waianakarua River, as viewed from the garden of The Mill House Motel Lodge. It was built in 1869.
• FOOTE - New Quay, Devon, today. (5 KB)
  New Quay, Devon - not to be confused with New Quay, the holiday resort town on the north Cornish coast. William Foot’s family lived in the cottage arrowed from the late 1830’s to the 1870’s. His son Thomas lived next door in the 1870’s. New Quay is adjacent to the heritage village of Morwellham which is now an outdoor museum.
• DIEHL - Ernst Diehl's mill, after the fire. (9 KB)
  The four-story mill, built by Ernst Diehl and James Davidson with an investment of £5950, was opened May 12,1879 but mill and stock worth £3300 were gutted by a fire on 27.1.1881 and the safe had been emptied. This pic shows the derelict building at some stage after the fire.
• FOOTE - Blacksmith's, New Quay, Devon. (22 KB)
  Fay Osborn (neé Cook) and Kay Cook inspect the blacksmith's at New Quay, Devon, in 1984.
• FOOTE - Bere Ferrers, on the River Tavy (6 KB)
  Our Foote family lived at Bere Ferrers on the River Tavy in the 1700's. William worked as a bargeman on the Tavistock Canal before he and his wife and family moved to New Quay, on the Tamar, probably in the 1830's.

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